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PMI Project Management Vocab

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1. A hierarchical representation of the project organization - which illustrates the relationship between project activities and the organizational units that will perform those activities.






2. A critical path method technique for calculating the late start and late finish dates by working backward through the schedule model from the project end date.






3. The uncontrolled expansion to product or project scope without adjustments to time - cost - and resources.






4. A component of the project or program management plan that describes how an organization's quality policies will be implemented.






5. A collection of logically related project activities that culminates in the completion of one or more deliverables.






6. A component of the project or program management plan that describes how the roles and responsibilities - reporting relationships - and staff management will be addressed and structured.






7. The amount of time whereby a successor activity is required to be delayed with respect to a predecessor activity.






8. A component of the project or program management plan that describes how a team will acquire goods and services from outside of the performing organization.






9. A technique used for dividing and sub-dividing the project scope and project deliverables into smaller - more manageable parts.






10. A component of a project or program management plan that describes how costs will be planned - structured - and controlled.






11. A graphical representation of the logical relationships among the project schedule activities.






12. 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.)






13. A formally chartered group responsible for reviewing - evaluating - approving - delaying - or rejecting changes to the project and for recording and communicating such decisions.






14. A distinct - scheduled portion of work performed during the course of a project.






15. The document that describes how the project will be executed - monitored - and controlled.






16. A measure of schedule efficiency expressed as the ratio of earned value to planned value.






17. A logical relationship in which a successor activity cannot finish until a predecessor activity has started.






18. A person or group who provides resources and support for the project - program - or portfolio - and is accountable for enabling success.






19. Any activity on the critical path in a project schedule.






20. A technique used for constructing a schedule model in which activities are represented by nodes and are graphically linked by one or more logical relationships to show the sequence in which the activities are to be performed.






21. In the critical path method - the latest possible point in time when the uncompleted portions of a schedule activity can finish based on the schedule network logic - the project completion date - and any schedule constraints.






22. A grid for mapping the probability of each risk occurrence and its impact on project objectives if that risk occurs.






23. A grid that shows the project resources assigned to each work package.






24. A response to a threat that has occurred - for which a prior response had not been planned or was not effective.






25. An intentional activity that ensures the future performance of the project work is aligned with the project management plan.






26. An iterative planning technique in which the work to be accomplished in the near term is planned in detail - while the work in the future is planned at a higher level.






27. A group of potential causes of risk.






28. An estimate of the longest activity duration - which takes into account all of the known variables that could affect performance.






29. A review at the end of a phase in which a decision is made to continue to the next phase - to continue with modification - or to end a project or program.






30. The centralized management of one or more portfolios to achieve strategic objectives.






31. Projects - programs - subportfolios - and operations managed as a group to achieve strategic objectives.






32. An estimate expressed as a percent of the amount of work that has been completed on an activity or a work breakdown structure component.






33. A document that provides detailed deliverable - activity - and scheduling information about each component in the work breakdown structure.






34. A component of the project - program - or portfolio management plan that describes how risk management activities will be structured and performed.






35. 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.






36. The number of labor units required to complete a schedule activity or work breakdown structure component - often expressed in hours - days - or weeks.






37. The level of an organization's ability to deliver the desired strategic outcomes in a predictable - controllable - and reliable manner.






38. A hierarchical representation of resources by category and type.






39. A condition or capability that is required to be present in a product - service - or result to satisfy a contract or other formally imposed specification.






40. The amount of time that a schedule activity can be delayed without delaying the early start date of any successor or violating a schedule constraint.






41. The knowledge gained during a project which shows how project events were addressed or should be addressed in the future for the purpose of improving future performance






42. A component of the project - program - or portfolio management plan that describes how - when - and by whom information will be administered and disseminated.






43. A set of procedures that describes how modifications to the project deliverables and documentation are managed and controlled.






44. A formal proposal to modify any document - deliverable - or baseline.






45. 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.






46. A projection of the amount of budget deficit or surplus - expressed as the difference between the budget at completion and the estimate at completion.






47. The authorized budget assigned to scheduled work.






48. A component of the project or program management plan that describes how requirements will be analyzed - documented and managed.






49. An event or situation that indicates that a risk is about to occur.






50. In the critical path method - the latest possible point in time when the uncompleted portions of a schedule activity can start based on the schedule network logic - the project completion date - and any schedule constraints.