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PMI Project Management Vocab

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1. A hierarchical representation of risks that is organized according to risk categories.






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






3. The application of knowledge - skills - tools - and techniques to project activities to meet the project requirements.






4. The person assigned by the performing organization to lead the team that is responsible for achieving the project objectives.






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






6. The process of optimizing the mix of portfolio components to further the strategic objectives of the organization.






7. A dependency between two activities - or between an activity and a milestone.






8. The authorized budget assigned to scheduled work.






9. A methodology that combines scope - schedule - and resource measurements to assess project performance and progress.






10. The expected total cost of completing all work expressed as the sum of the actual cost to date and the estimate to complete.






11. The description of the project scope - major deliverables - assumptions - and constraints.






12. A limiting factor that affects the execution of a project - program - portfolio - or process.






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






14. An output of a schedule model that presents linked activities with planned dates - durations - milestones - and resources.






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






16. 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.






17. The sequence of activities that represents the longest path through a project - which determines the shortest possible duration.






18. An earned value management technique used to indicate performance trends by using a graph that displays cumulative costs over a specific time period.






19. 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.






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






21. A group of potential causes of risk.






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. 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.






29. A point in time when the status of the project is recorded.






30. The realized cost incurred for the work performed on an activity during a specific time period.






31. A risk that arises as a direct result of implementing a risk response.






32. A relationship in which a schedule activity has more than one successor.






33. 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.)






34. A calendar that identifies working days and shifts that are available for scheduled activities.






35. An enterprise whose personnel are the most directly involved in doing the work of the project or program.






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






37. A dependent activity that logically comes after another activity in a schedule.






38. A group of related projects - subprograms and program activities that are managed in a coordinated way to obtain benefits not available from managing them individually.






39. The amount of time that a schedule activity can be delayed or extended from its early start date without delaying the project finish date or violating a schedule constraint.






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






41. Plans - processes - policies - procedures and knowledge bases specific to and used by the performing organization.






42. A calendar that identifies the working days and shifts upon which each specific resource is available.






43. A risk response strategy whereby the project team acts to eliminate the threat or protect the project from its impact.






44. An estimate of the most probable activity duration that takes into account all of the known variables that could affect performance.






45. A relationship in which a schedule activity has more than one predecessor.






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






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






48. A method of estimating project duration or cost by aggregating the estimates of the lower-level components of the work breakdown structure (WBS).






49. A diagramming and calculation technique for evaluating the implications of a chain of multiple options in the presence of uncertainty.






50. The expected cost to finish all the remaining project work.