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Comptia Project + Project Management

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






2. One or more numerical or text values that identify characteristics of the work or in some way categorize the schedule activity that allows filtering and ordering of activities within reports






3. Launching a process that can result in the authorization of a new project






4. 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






5. Reserve






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






7. The approved estimate for the project or any work breakdown structure component or any schedule activity






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






9. Group of related schedule activities aggregated at some summary level and displayed as a single activity (at the summary level)






10. The date up to or through which the project's reporting system has provided actual status and accomplishments. also called as-of date and time-now date.






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






12. Summary level schedule that identifies the major schedule milestone






13. The process of completing each project procurement






14. Information and data on the status of the project schedule activities being performed to accomplish the project work collected as part of the direct and manage project execute processes. Information includes: status of deliverables - implementation s






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






16. A diagram that describes a decision under consideration and the implications of choosing one or another of the available alternatives. it is used when some future scenarios or outcomes of actions are uncertain. it incorporates probabilities and costs






17. Defined function to be performed by a project team member






18. Technique for estimating that applies a weighted average of optimistic - pessimistic and most likely estimates when there is uncertainty with the individual activity estimates






19. Float (total float - free float)






20. A documented tabulation of schedule activities that shows the activity description - activity identifier - and a sufficiently detailed scope of work description so project team members understand what work is to be performed






21. A table that links requirements to their origin and traces them throughout the project life cycle






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






23. A point that is not settled or is under discussion or over which there are opposing views or disagreements






24. Collection of generally sequential project phases whose name and number are determined by the control needs of the organization involved in the project






25. Assurance that a product - service or system meets the needs of the customer and other identified stakeholders






26. Something tangible used in performing an activity to produce a product or result






27. Total number of work periods required to complete a schedule activity or work breakdown structure component.






28. Processes that organize and manage the project team






29. Risk that remains after risk responses have been implemented






30. Specific version of the schedule model used to compare actual results to the plan to determine if preventive or corrective action is needed to meet the project objectives






31. Multiple attributes associated with each schedule activity that can be included within the activity list. activity attributes include activity codes - predecessor activities - successor activities - logical relationships - leads and lags - resource r






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






33. Developing a document that formally authorizes a project or phase and documenting initial requirement that satisfy the stakeholders needs and expectations






34. An estimating technique that uses the values of parameters - such as scope - cost - budget - and duration or measures of scale such as size - weight - and complexity from a previous similar activity as the basis of estimating the same parameter or me






35. The process of confirming human resource availability and obtaining team necessary to complete project assignments






36. Request for proposal - but may have a narrower or more specific meaning






37. Change to project scope. almost always requires an adjustment to the project cost or schedule






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






39. 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






40. The process of managing procurement relationships - monitoring contract performance - and making changes and corrections as needed






41. Risk response planning technique associated with threats that seeks to reduce the probability of occurrence or impact of a risk to below an acceptable threshold






42. Organizational body or entity assigned various responsibilities related to the centralized and coordinated management of those projects under its domain.






43. Modification that allows an acceleration of the successor activity.






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






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






46. Deliverable that is subject to approval by the project sponsor or customer






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






48. Group of potential causes of risk. such as technical - external - organizational - environmental - project management. a category may include subcategories






49. Subdivision (fragment) of a project schedule network diagram - usually representing a subproject or work package.






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