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PMI Project Management Vocab

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






2. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






8. 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.






9. 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.






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






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






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






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






14. 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.






15. An intentional activity that realigns the performance of the project work with the project management plan.






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






17. A risk response strategy whereby the project team acts to reduce the probability of occurrence or impact of a risk.






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






19. A technique used to estimate cost or duration by applying an average of optimistic - pessimistic - and most likely estimates when there is uncertainty with the individual activity estimates.






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






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






22. 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.






23. A schedule method that allows the project team to place buffers on any project schedule path to account for limited resources and project uncertainties.






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






25. The approved version of a work product that can be changed only through formal change control procedures and is used as a basis for comparison.






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






27. 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.






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






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






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






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






32. 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.)






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






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






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






36. 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.






37. A group of potential causes of risk.






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






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






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






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






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






43. 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.






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






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






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






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






48. The authorized budget assigned to scheduled work.






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






50. An event or situation that indicates that a risk is about to occur.