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Comptia Project + Project Management

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1. Partially complete document in a predefined format that provides a defined structure for collecting - organizing and presenting information and data






2. Document describing how roles and responsibilities - reporting relationships and staffing management will be addressed and structured for the project






3. Store of historical information and lessons learned about both the outcomes of previous project selection decisions and previous project performance






4. Documenting the actions necessary to define - prepare - integrate and coordinate all subsidiary plans






5. Calculation of the early start and early finish dates for the uncompleted portions of all network activities






6. Identifying early and late start dates as well as early and late finish dates for the uncompleted portions of project schedule activities






7. Permission and direction to begin work on a specific schedule activity or work package or control account. sanctions project work to ensure that the work is done by the identified organization - at the right time - and in the proper sequence






8. Summary level schedule that identifies the major schedule milestone






9. Collecting and distributing performance information - including status reports - progress measurements and forecasts






10. The process of prioritizing risks for further analysis or action by assessing and combining their probability of occurrence and impact






11. Assumptions are factors that - for planning purposes - are considered to be true - real - or certain without proof or demonstration






12. The merging or joining of parallel schedule network paths into the same node in a project schedule network diagram. characterized by a schedule activity with more than one predecessor activity






13. Processes that organize and manage the project team






14. Fixed date imposed on a schedule activity or schedule milestone. usually - start no earlier than - finish no later than






15. Document containing the results of the qualitative risk analysis - quantitative risk analysis and risk response planning. details all identified risks including description - category - cause - probability of occurring - impact on objectives - propos






16. Performing the work defined in the project management plan to achieve the project's objectives






17. Documenting project purchasing decisions - specifying the approach and identifying potential sellers






18. A source of variation that is inherent in the system and predictable. on a control chart - it appears as part of the random process variation and is indicated by random pattern of points within the control limits. also referred to as random cause






19. Response to a negative risk that has occurred - workaround is not planned in advance of the occurrence of the risk event






20. Sum of products - services and results to be provided as a project






21. Processes required to ensure that the project includes all the work required and only the work required to complete the project successfully






22. Group of related schedule activities aggregated at some summary level and displayed as a single activity at that summary level. same as summary activity.






23. Modification of a logical relationship that directs a delay in the successor activity. activity with a 10 day lag - cannot start until 10 days after an activity is finished






24. Learning gained from the process of performing the project






25. Dependency between two project schedule activities or between project schedule activity and schedule milestone.






26. Area of project management defined by its knowledge requirements and described in terms of its component processes - practices - inputs - outputs - tools and techniques






27. System of practices - techniques - procedures and rules used by those who work in a discipline






28. An entry in the work breakdown structure that can be at any level






29. A histogram - ordered by frequency of occurrence - that shows how many results were generated by each identified cause






30. The value of work performed expressed in terms of the approved budget assigned to that work for a schedule activity or work breakdown structure component. ALSO BCWP.






31. Schedule activity that follows a predecessor activity as determined by their logical relationship






32. Point in time that work was scheduled to finish on a schedule activity. called planned finish date






33. Degree - amount or volume of risk that an organization or individual will withstand






34. Logical relationship where completion of the successor schedule activity is dependent upon the initiation of the predecessor schedule activity






35. Document that establishes criteria and activities for developing and controlling the project schedule






36. Requirements imposed by a government body. government mandated compliance






37. Analytical technique that uses mathematical models to forecast future outcomes based on historical results. it is a method of determining the variance from a baseline parameter by using prior progress reporting periods data and projecting how much th






38. Cost - time - quality - technical or resource value used as a parameter and which may be included in product specification. crossing the threshold should trigger some action.






39. One of the defining points of a schedule network; a junction point joined to some or all of the other dependency lines






40. Monitoring and recording results of executing the quality activities to assess performance and recommend necessary changes






41. A mutually binding agreement that obligates the seller to provide the specified product or service or result and obligates the buyer to pay for it






42. Process of numerically analyzing the effect of identified risks on overall project objectives






43. Graphic display of schedule related information.






44. Compares technical accomplishments during project execution to the project management plan's schedule of planned technical achievements.






45. Analytical technique to determine the essential features and relationships of components in the project management plan to establish a reserve for the schedule duration - budget - estimated cost or funds for a project






46. Directing - managing - performing and accomplishing the project work - providing the deliverables and providing work performance information






47. The process of finalizing all activities across all of the project management process groups to formally complete the project or phase






48. Any unique and verifiable product - result - or capability to perform a service that must be produced to complete a process - phase or project.






49. Collect project performance data with respect to a plan - produce performance measures and report and disseminate performance information






50. Amount of time that a schedule activity can be delayed without delaying the early start date of any immediately following schedule activities.