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PMI Project Management Vocab
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1. A numbering system used to uniquely identify each component of the work breakdown structure.
Three-Point Estimate
Risk Breakdown Structure
Code of Accounts
Earned Value Management
2. A representation of the plan for executing the project's activities including durations - dependencies and other planning information - used to produce a project schedule along with other scheduling artifacts.
Threat
Schedule Model
Assumption
Gantt Chart
3. A risk that would have a positive effect on one or more project objectives.
Opportunity
Risk Breakdown Structure
Finish-to-Start
Communication Management Plan
4. An enterprise whose personnel are the most directly involved in doing the work of the project or program.
Performing Organization
Data Date
Apportioned Effort
Organizational Process Assets
5. The document that describes how the project will be executed - monitored - and controlled.
Requirements Traceability Matrix
Estimate at Completion
Secondary Risk
Project Management Plan
6. A graphical representation of the logical relationships among the project schedule activities.
Planned Value
Three-Point Estimate
Level of Effort
Project Schedule Network Diagram
7. A component of the project - program - or portfolio management plan that describes how - when - and by whom information will be administered and disseminated.
Milestone
Communication Management Plan
Performing Organization
Code of Accounts
8. A technique in which start and finish dates are adjusted based on resource constraints with the goal of balancing demand for resources with the available supply.
Critical Path
Rolling Wave Planning
Product Life Cycle
Resource Leveling
9. In the critical path method - the earliest possible point in time when the uncompleted portions of a schedule activity can finish based on the schedule network logic - the data date - and any schedule constraints.
Decision Tree Analysis
Early Finish Date
Project Life Cycle
Start-to-Start
10. A methodology that combines scope - schedule - and resource measurements to assess project performance and progress.
Schedule Management Plan
Project Scope Statement
Earned Value Management
Phase Gate
11. A technique used for dividing and sub-dividing the project scope and project deliverables into smaller - more manageable parts.
Project Manager
Decomposition
Organizational Project Management Maturity
Project Scope Statement
12. An estimate expressed as a percent of the amount of work that has been completed on an activity or a work breakdown structure component.
Organizational Breakdown Structure
Milestone
Percent Complete
Cost Variance
13. A management structure that standardizes the project-related governance processes and facilitates the sharing of resources - methodologies - tools - and techniques.
Late Start Date
Project Management Office
Risk Transference
Project Management
14. An individual - group - or organization who may affect - be affected by - or perceive itself to be affected by a decision - activity - or outcome of a project - program - or portfolio.
Stakeholder
Project Schedule
Late Start Date
Cost Management Plan
15. An intentional activity that realigns the performance of the project work with the project management plan.
Corrective Action
Project Calendar
Scope Baseline
Actual Cost
16. A risk response strategy whereby the project team acts to eliminate the threat or protect the project from its impact.
Risk Avoidance
Risk Breakdown Structure
Cost Performance Index
Successor Activity
17. A risk response strategy whereby the project team acts to reduce the probability of occurrence or impact of a risk.
Predecessor Activity
Effort
Risk Mitigation
Resource Calendar
18. A calendar that identifies the working days and shifts upon which each specific resource is available.
Schedule Baseline
Variance at Completion
Resource Calendar
Schedule Performance Index
19. A technique used to estimate cost or duration by applying an average of optimistic - pessimistic - and most likely estimates when there is uncertainty with the individual activity estimates.
Requirements Management Plan
Effort
Risk Management Plan
Three-Point Estimate
20. A logical relationship in which a successor activity cannot finish until a predecessor activity has finished.
Product Life Cycle
Predecessor Activity
Stakeholder
Finish-to-Finish
21. The application of knowledge - skills - tools - and techniques to project activities to meet the project requirements.
Estimate at Completion
What-If Sce
Project Management
Schedule Variance
22. A measure of the cost performance that is required to be achieved with the remaining resources in order to meet a specified management goal - expressed as the ratio of the cost to finish the outstanding work to the remaining budget.
To-Complete Performance Index
Successor Activity
Program Management
Project Scope
23. A schedule method that allows the project team to place buffers on any project schedule path to account for limited resources and project uncertainties.
Critical Chain Method
Program Management
Program
Level of Effort
24. A technique for estimating the duration or cost of an activity or a project - using historical data from a similar activity or project.
Scope Management Plan
Analogous Estimating
Stakeholder
Requirements Traceability Matrix
25. The approved version of a work product that can be changed only through formal change control procedures and is used as a basis for comparison.
Estimate to Complete
Critical Chain Method
Actual Cost
Baseline
26. A group of related schedule activities aggregated and displayed as a single activity.
Sponsor
Decision Tree Analysis
Phase Gate
Summary Activity
27. A method used to estimate the minimum project duration and determine the amount of scheduling flexibility on the logical network paths within the schedule model.
Critical Path Method
Lead
Secondary Risk
Optimistic Duration
28. A component of the project or program management plan that describes how the scope will be defined - developed - monitored - controlled - and verified.
Earned Value
Project Schedule Network Diagram
Scope Management Plan
Project Management Plan
29. A limiting factor that affects the execution of a project - program - portfolio - or process.
Constraint
Project Manager
Schedule Compression
Critical Path
30. A grid for mapping the probability of each risk occurrence and its impact on project objectives if that risk occurs.
Cost Variance
Total Float
Probability and Impact Matrix
To-Complete Performance Index
31. An earned value management technique used to indicate performance trends by using a graph that displays cumulative costs over a specific time period.
Staffing Management Plan
Corrective Action
S-Curve Analysis
Risk Register
32. An activity that does not produce definitive end products and is measured by the passage of time. (Note: Level of effort is one of three earned value management [EVM] types of activities used to measure work performance.)
To-Complete Performance Index
Level of Effort
Risk Category
Phase Gate
33. A component of the project or program management plan that establishes the activities for developing - monitoring - and controlling the project or program.
Late Finish Date
Schedule Management Plan
Code of Accounts
Project Management
34. A dependency between two activities - or between an activity and a milestone.
Trigger Condition
Risk Category
Logical Relationship
Risk Avoidance
35. A component of the human resource plan that describes when and how team members will be acquired and how long they will be needed.
Change Request
Staffing Management Plan
Risk Management Plan
Sponsor
36. The approved version of a schedule model that can be changed only through formal change control procedures and is used as a basis for comparison to actual results.
Schedule Baseline
Apportioned Effort
Threat
Percent Complete
37. A group of potential causes of risk.
Risk Acceptance
Risk Category
Lessons Learned
Crashing
38. A collection of logically related project activities that culminates in the completion of one or more deliverables.
Schedule Model Analysis
Project Phase
Opportunity
Requirements Traceability Matrix
39. The uncontrolled expansion to product or project scope without adjustments to time - cost - and resources.
Gantt Chart
Level of Effort
Apportioned Effort
Scope Creep
40. The description of the project scope - major deliverables - assumptions - and constraints.
Change Control Board
Project Scope Statement
Risk
Sponsor
41. A process used to investigate or analyze the output of the schedule model in order to optimize the schedule
Critical Chain Method
Trigger Condition
Schedule Model Analysis
Risk Mitigation
42. Plans - processes - policies - procedures and knowledge bases specific to and used by the performing organization.
Responsibility Assignment Matrix
Actual Cost
Requirements Management Plan
Organizational Process Assets
43. The application of knowledge - skills - tools - and techniques to a program to meet the program requirements and to obtain benefits and control not available by managing projects individually.
Finish-to-Finish
Project Scope Statement
Program Management
Secondary Risk
44. The expected cost to finish all the remaining project work.
Deliverable
Stakeholder
Rolling Wave Planning
Estimate to Complete
45. A formal proposal to modify any document - deliverable - or baseline.
Change Request
Crashing
Schedule Compression
Scope Management Plan
46. The sum of all budgets established for the work to be performed.
Logical Relationship
Budget at Completion
Project Scope
Scope Management Plan
47. A risk response strategy whereby the project team shifts the impact of a threat to a third party - together with ownership of the response.
Estimate to Complete
Planned Value
Risk Transference
Organizational Project Management Maturity
48. The authorized budget assigned to scheduled work.
Critical Path Method
Lag
Start-to-Finish
Planned Value
49. A document in which the results of risk analysis and risk response planning are recorded.
Constraint
Risk Register
Project Life Cycle
Defect Repair
50. An event or situation that indicates that a risk is about to occur.
Pessimistic Duration
Probability and Impact Matrix
Trigger Condition
S-Curve Analysis