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PMI Project Management Vocab

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






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






3. The series of phases that represent the evolution of a product - from concept through delivery - growth - maturity - and to retirement.






4. A technique for determining the cause and degree of difference between the baseline and actual performance.






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






6. A factor in the planning process that is considered to be true - real - or certain - without proof or demonstration.






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






8. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. 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.






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






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






18. 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.






19. 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.






20. 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.






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






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






23. A numbering system used to uniquely identify each component of the work breakdown structure.






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






25. A document issued by the project initiator or sponsor that formally authorizes the existence of a project and provides the project manager with the authority to apply organizational resources to project activities.






26. 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.






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






28. A document in which the results of risk analysis and risk response planning are recorded.






29. 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.






30. The series of phases that a project passes through from its initiation to its closure.






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






32. 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.)






33. An estimate of the shortest activity duration that takes into account all of the known variables that could affect performance.






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






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






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






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






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






39. A measure of schedule performance expressed as the difference between the earned value and the planned value.






40. 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.






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






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






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






44. 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.






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






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






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






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






49. 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.






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