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Comptia Project + Project Management

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






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






3. Budgeted cost of work scheduled






4. Type of procurement document used to request price quotations from prospective sellers of common or standard products or services






5. Smaller portion of the overall project created when a project is subdivided by their logical relationship






6. Analytical technique used to determine basic underlying reason that causes a variance or defect or risk






7. Action taken to bring a defective or nonconforming component into compliance with requirements or specifications






8. A specific technique for measuring the performance of work and used to establish the performance measurement baseline






9. Application of knowledge - skills - tools and techniques to project activities to meet the project requirements






10. An organizational placement strategy where the project team members are physically located close to one another in order to improve communication - working relationships and productivity






11. Calculated projection of cost performance that must be achieved on the remaining work to meet a specified management goal. ratio of remaining work to funds remaining






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






13. The sum of all budgets established for the work to be performed on a project or a work breakdown structure component or a schedule activity. the total planned value for the project






14. Narrative description of products - services or results






15. Documents utilized in bid and proposal activities - which include the buyer's invitation for bid - invitation for negotiations - request for information - request for quotation - request for proposal and sellers responses






16. A subsystem of the overall project management system. it is a collection of formal documented procedures used to apply technical and administrative direction and surveillance to identify and document the functional and physical characteristics of a p






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






18. Something toward which work is to be directed - a strategic position to be attained - or a purpose to be achieved - a result to be obtained - a product to produced or a service to be performed






19. A change request that has been processed through the integrated change control process and approved






20. Identifying and documenting project roles - responsibilities - and required skills - reporting relationships and creating a staffing management plan.






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






22. Category or rank used to distinguish items that have the same functional use but do not share the same requirements for quality






23. Schedule activity that has a low total float.






24. Hierarchically organized depiction of the project organization arranged so as to relate the work packages to the performing organizational units






25. A collection of formal documented procedures that define how project deliverables and documentation will be controlled - changed and approved. in most application areas - the change control system is a subset of the configuration management system






26. Risk that remains after risk responses have been implemented






27. Collection of logically related project activities - usually culminating in the completion of a major deliverable. project phase is a component of the project life cycle






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






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






30. The time in calendar units between the start and finish of a schedule activity






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






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






33. A request - demand or assertion of rights by a seller against a buyer or vice versa for consideration - compensation - or payment under the terms of a legally binding contract (such as for a disputed change)






34. Planned dates for performing schedule activities and planned dates for meeting schedule milestones






35. Condition or capability that must be met or possessed by a system - product - service result or component to satisfy a contract - standard - specification or other formally imposed document.






36. Members of the project team who are directly involved in project management activities






37. Logical relationship where initiation of work of the successor activity depends on the completion of work of the predecessor activity






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






39. Aggregating the estimated costs of individual activities or work packages to establish an authorized cost baseline






40. Aggregation of the processes - tools - techniques - methodologies - resources and procedures to manage a project






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






42. Document describing how project risk management will be structured and performed on the project. contains the list of project risks - the results of risk analysis and risk responses






43. Features and functions that characterize a product - service or result






44. Any continuous series of schedule activities connected with logical relationships in a project schedule network diagram






45. 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






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






47. Continuously improving and detailing a plan as more detailed and specific information and more accurate estimates become available as the project progresses and thereby producing more accurate and complete plans that result from the successive iterat






48. Processes required to manage the timely completion of a project






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






50. Centralized management of one or more portfolios - which includes identifying - prioritizing - authorizing - managing and controlling projects - programs and related work - to achieve specific strategic business objectives