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PMI Project Management Vocab
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1. A hierarchical representation of resources by category and type.
Project Calendar
Project Schedule Network Diagram
Communication Management Plan
Resource Breakdown Structure
2. The description of the project scope - major deliverables - assumptions - and constraints.
Risk Category
Assumption
Project Scope Statement
Requirements Traceability Matrix
3. A dependency between two activities - or between an activity and a milestone.
Early Finish Date
Bottom-up Estimating
Logical Relationship
Variance at Completion
4. A component of the project - program - or portfolio management plan that describes how - when - and by whom information will be administered and disseminated.
Probability and Impact Matrix
Communication Management Plan
Risk Category
Estimate to Complete
5. A grid that shows the project resources assigned to each work package.
Project
Predecessor Activity
Requirements Traceability Matrix
Responsibility Assignment Matrix
6. A person or group who provides resources and support for the project - program - or portfolio - and is accountable for enabling success.
Risk Management Plan
Phase Gate
Sponsor
Control Account
7. 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.
Responsibility Assignment Matrix
To-Complete Performance Index
Fast Tracking
Planned Value
8. 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.
Probability and Impact Matrix
Stakeholder
Responsibility Assignment Matrix
Estimate at Completion
9. A risk response strategy whereby the project team acts to reduce the probability of occurrence or impact of a risk.
Risk Mitigation
Earned Value
Human Resource Plan
Organizational Process Assets
10. 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.
Precedence Diagramming Method
Risk
Constraint
Summary Activity
11. A risk response strategy whereby the project team shifts the impact of a threat to a third party - together with ownership of the response.
Organizational Process Assets
Project
Risk Transference
Project Schedule
12. 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.
Performing Organization
Project Scope Statement
Resource Leveling
Decision Tree Analysis
13. A technique for estimating the duration or cost of an activity or a project - using historical data from a similar activity or project.
Decision Tree Analysis
Threat
Analogous Estimating
Three-Point Estimate
14. An intentional activity that realigns the performance of the project work with the project management plan.
Portfolio Management
Fast Tracking
Logical Relationship
Corrective Action
15. A management structure that standardizes the program-related governance processes and facilitates the sharing of resources - methodologies - tools - and techniques.
Phase Gate
Program Management Office
Critical Path Method
Program
16. The approved version of a scope statement - work breakdown structure (WBS) - and its associated WBS dictionary - which can be changed only through formal change control procedures and is used as a basis for comparison.
Scope Baseline
Apportioned Effort
Lead
Sponsor
17. The series of phases that represent the evolution of a product - from concept through delivery - growth - maturity - and to retirement.
Project Calendar
Product Life Cycle
Preventive Action
Risk Transference
18. A group of potential causes of risk.
Schedule Model
Risk Category
Preventive Action
Most Likely Duration
19. A numbering system used to uniquely identify each component of the work breakdown structure.
Code of Accounts
Risk Acceptance
Enterprise Environmental Factors
Cost Management Plan
20. A dependent activity that logically comes after another activity in a schedule.
Successor Activity
Communication Management Plan
Schedule Model
Gantt Chart
21. A group of related schedule activities aggregated and displayed as a single activity.
Program Management
Portfolio Balancing
Risk Mitigation
Summary Activity
22. Plans - processes - policies - procedures and knowledge bases specific to and used by the performing organization.
Data Date
Effort
Organizational Process Assets
Early Finish Date
23. In the critical path method - the earliest possible point in time when the uncompleted portions of a schedule activity can start based on the schedule network logic - the data date - and any schedule constraints.
Summary Activity
Early Start Date
Human Resource Plan
To-Complete Performance Index
24. The iterative process of increasing the level of detail in a project management plan as greater amounts of information and more accurate estimates become available.
Level of Effort
Early Finish Date
Progressive Elaboration
Activity
25. A process used to investigate or analyze the output of the schedule model in order to optimize the schedule
Scope Baseline
Schedule Model Analysis
Early Start Date
Phase Gate
26. A management structure that standardizes the project-related governance processes and facilitates the sharing of resources - methodologies - tools - and techniques.
Performing Organization
Requirement
Project Management Office
Staffing Management Plan
27. A risk response strategy whereby the project team decides to acknowledge the risk and not take any action unless the risk occurs.
Logical Relationship
Gantt Chart
Requirement
Risk Acceptance
28. A component of a project or program management plan that describes how costs will be planned - structured - and controlled.
Acceptance Criteria
Requirements Traceability Matrix
Cost Management Plan
Early Start Date
29. A set of conditions that is required to be met before deliverables are accepted.
Risk Transference
Acceptance Criteria
Pessimistic Duration
Threat
30. The level of an organization's ability to deliver the desired strategic outcomes in a predictable - controllable - and reliable manner.
Organizational Project Management Maturity
Percent Complete
Quality Management Plan
Discrete Effort
31. The series of phases that a project passes through from its initiation to its closure.
Program Management
Project Life Cycle
Level of Effort
Project Manager
32. The amount of budget deficit or surplus at a given point in time - expressed as the difference between the earned value and the actual cost.
Risk Register
Variance at Completion
Opportunity
Cost Variance
33. A calendar that identifies working days and shifts that are available for scheduled activities.
Procurement Management Plan
Project Calendar
Program Management
Quality Management Plan
34. 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.
Project Scope
Late Start Date
Earned Value
Lead
35. Any unique and verifiable product - result - or capability to perform a service that is required to be produced to complete a process - phase - or project.
Change Control Board
Project Phase
Deliverable
Staffing Management Plan
36. The amount of time whereby a successor activity is required to be delayed with respect to a predecessor activity.
Analogous Estimating
Lag
Parametric Estimating
Rolling Wave Planning
37. An activity that logically comes before a dependent activity in a schedule.
Project Scope Statement
Portfolio Management
Backward Pass
Predecessor Activity
38. A technique for determining the cause and degree of difference between the baseline and actual performance.
Variance Analysis
Resource Leveling
Requirement
Earned Value Management
39. 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
Change Control System
Portfolio
Critical Path Method
40. The centralized management of one or more portfolios to achieve strategic objectives.
Project Calendar
Communication Management Plan
Portfolio Management
Total Float
41. A process whereby modifications to documents - deliverables - or baselines associated with the project are identified - documented - approved - or rejected.
Change Control
Project Scope
Performing Organization
Three-Point Estimate
42. Conditions - not under the immediate control of the team - that influence - constrain - or direct the project - program - or portfolio.
Enterprise Environmental Factors
Resource Calendar
Phase Gate
Path Convergence
43. Projects - programs - subportfolios - and operations managed as a group to achieve strategic objectives.
Enterprise Environmental Factors
Organizational Project Management Maturity
Scope Management Plan
Portfolio
44. The expected total cost of completing all work expressed as the sum of the actual cost to date and the estimate to complete.
Change Request
Summary Activity
Project Schedule Network Diagram
Estimate at Completion
45. A point in time when the status of the project is recorded.
Budget at Completion
Cost Variance
Project Management Office
Data Date
46. 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.
Parametric Estimating
Project Calendar
Schedule Model
Start-to-Start
47. A document that provides detailed deliverable - activity - and scheduling information about each component in the work breakdown structure.
WBS Dictionary
Gantt Chart
Backward Pass
Level of Effort
48. The application of knowledge - skills - tools - and techniques to project activities to meet the project requirements.
Project Management
Deliverable
Risk Register
Schedule Baseline
49. A risk that would have a negative effect on one or more project objectives.
Resource Breakdown Structure
Project Life Cycle
Threat
Critical Path
50. A significant point or event in a project - program - or portfolio.
Risk Acceptance
Program
Milestone
Resource Breakdown Structure