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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. 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.






3. A schedule compression technique in which activities or phases normally done in sequence are performed in parallel for at least a portion of their duration.






4. 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.






5. 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.






6. The work performed to deliver a product - service - or result with the specified features and functions.






7. An activity that can be planned and measured and that yields a specific output. (Note: Discrete effort is one of three earned value management [EVM] types of activities used to measure work performance.)






8. The sum of all budgets established for the work to be performed.






9. A component of the human resource plan that describes when and how team members will be acquired and how long they will be needed.






10. A management structure that standardizes the program-related governance processes and facilitates the sharing of resources - methodologies - tools - and techniques.






11. 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.






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






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






14. 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.






15. 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.






16. 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.






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






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






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






20. The measure of work performed expressed in terms of the budget authorized for that work.






21. A management control point where scope - budget - actual cost - and schedule are integrated and compared to earned value for performance measurement.






22. 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.






23. An uncertain event or condition that - if it occurs - has a positive or negative effect on one or more project objectives.






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






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






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






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






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






29. A measure of the cost efficiency of budgeted resources expressed as the ratio of earned value to actual cost.






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






31. 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.






32. An estimating technique in which an algorithm is used to calculate cost or duration based on historical data and project parameters.






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






34. A critical path method technique for calculating the early start and early finish dates by working forward through the schedule model from the project start date or a given point in time.






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






36. 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






37. 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.






38. A risk response strategy whereby the project team decides to acknowledge the risk and not take any action unless the risk occurs.






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






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






41. 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.






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






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






44. The amount of time whereby a successor activity can be advanced with respect to a predecessor activity.






45. 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.)






46. A management structure that standardizes the project-related governance processes and facilitates the sharing of resources - methodologies - tools - and techniques.






47. The authorized budget assigned to scheduled work.






48. A component of the project or program management plan that establishes the activities for developing - monitoring - and controlling the project or program.






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






50. An activity where effort is allotted proportionately across certain discrete efforts and not divisible into discrete efforts. (Note: Apportioned effort is one of three earned value management [EVM] types of activities used to measure work performance