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Comptia Project + Project Management

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1. Method of resolving the total variance in the set of scope - cost - and schedule variables into specific component variances that are associated with defined factors affecting scope - cost and schedule variables






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






3. Communicating and working with stakeholders to meet their needs and address issues as they occur






4. Reserve






5. Someone with management authority over an organizational unit within a functional organization.






6. Deliverable oriented hierarchical decomposition of the work to be executed by the project team to accomplish the project objectives and create the required deliverables






7. Approved integrated scope-schedule-cost plan for the project work against which project execution is compared to measure and manage performance






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






9. Document used to record and describe or denote selected items identified during execution of a process or activity






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






11. Processes involved in estimating - budgeting - and controlling costs so that the project can be completed within the approved budget






12. Document issued by the project initiator or sponsor that formally authorizes the existence of a project and provides the project manager with the authority to apply organization resources to the project activities






13. Any item - internal or external - that is required by a process before that process proceeds






14. Schematic display of the logical relationships among the project schedule activities. drawn from left to right.






15. Formalizing acceptance of the completed project deliverables






16. Fixed price contract where the buyer pays the seller a set amount regardless of the sellers costs






17. A category of projects that have common components significant in such projects - but are not needed or present in all projects. application areas are usually defined in terms of either the product or the type of customer or industry sector






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






19. Developing options and actions to enhance opportunities and to reduce threats to project objectives






20. The process of defining and documenting stakeholder needs to meet project objectives






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






22. Learning gained from the process of performing the project






23. Those criteria - including performance requirements and essential conditions which must be met before project deliverables are accepted






24. Tracking team member performance - providing feedback - resolving issues and managing changes to optimize project performance






25. Model used in conjunction with manual methods or project management software to perform schedule network analysis to generate the project schedule for use in managing the executing or a project






26. Auditing the quality requirements and the results from quality control measurements to ensure appropriate quality standards and operational definitions are used






27. A general data gathering and creativity technique that can be used to identify risks - ideas or solutions to issues by using a group of team members or subject matter experts






28. Developing an approximation of the monetary resources needed to complete project activities






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






30. A group of related projects managed in a coordinated way to obtain benefits and control not available from managing them individually.






31. Total costs actually incurred and recorded in accomplishing work performed during a given time period for a schedule activity or work breakdown structure component. actual cost can sometimes be direct labor hours alone - direct costs alone - or all c






32. Describes how the project management team will implement the performing organizations quality plan.






33. Budgeted cost of work scheduled






34. Documented direction to perform an activity that can reduce the probability of negative consequences associated with project risks






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






36. Hierarchal structure of resources by resource category and resource type used in resource leveling schedules and to develop resource limited schedules and which may be used to identify and analyze project human resource management






37. Identifying - documenting - approving or rejecting and controlling changes to the project baselines






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






39. The statue - quality or sense of being restricted to a given course of action or inaction. an applicable restriction or limitation - either internal or external to a project - which will affect the performance of the project or a process.






40. Schedule activity that determines when the logical successor activity can begin or end






41. Developing a detailed description of the project and product






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






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






44. Buyer pays the seller a set amount (as defined by the contract) and the seller can earn an additional amount if the seller meets defined performance criteria






45. The enterprise whose personnel are directly involved in doing the work of the project






46. A point in time associated with schedule activity's completion.






47. Those processes performed to complete the work defined in the project management plan to satisfy project objectives






48. Number of labor units required to complete a schedule activity or work breakdown structure component






49. The person assigned by the performing organization to achieve the project objectives






50. Schedule activity that has a low total float.