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PMI Project Management Vocab

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






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






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






4. A component of the project or program management plan that describes how the scope will be defined - developed - monitored - controlled - and verified.






5. 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.






6. A risk response strategy whereby the project team shifts the impact of a threat to a third party - together with ownership of the response.






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






8. A logical relationship in which a successor activity cannot start until a predecessor activity has finished.






9. A technique for estimating the duration or cost of an activity or a project - using historical data from a similar activity or project.






10. 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.






11. 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.)






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






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






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






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






16. 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.






17. A group of related schedule activities aggregated and displayed as a single activity.






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






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






20. Conditions - not under the immediate control of the team - that influence - constrain - or direct the project - program - or portfolio.






21. 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.






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






23. A set of conditions that is required to be met before deliverables are accepted.






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






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






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






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






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






29. 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.






30. 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.






31. 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.






32. 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.






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






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






35. A risk that would have a positive effect on one or more project objectives.






36. 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.






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






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






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






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






41. A group of potential causes of risk.






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






43. A process used to investigate or analyze the output of the schedule model in order to optimize the schedule






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






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






46. A technique used to shorten the schedule duration for the least incremental cost by adding resources.






47. A temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product - service - or result.






48. A logical relationship in which a successor activity cannot finish until a predecessor activity has finished.






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






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