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Subjects : certifications, capm
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1. Descriptions of which resources will be available at what times and in what patterns necessary for schedule development






2. Process of assessing and combining the impact and the likelihood of identified risks. Prioritizes risks according to their potential effect on project objectives for further analysis or action.






3. This is done to take care of risks that were not identified in the risk response plan - or their impact on objectives is greater than expected.






4. The state - quality - or sense of being restricted to a given course of action or inaction. An applicable restriction or limitation - either internal or external to a project - which will affect the performance of the project or a process.






5. A method of estimating a component of work. The work is decomposed into more detail. An estimate is prepared of what is needed to meet the requirements of each of the lower - more detailed pieces of work. These estimates are then aggregated into a to






6. Process to monitor the status of the project to update the project budget and manage changes to the cost baseline.






7. Records of previous project results that can be used to identify risks.






8. Risks that arise as a direct result of implementing a risk response.






9. Persons or organizations who are actively involved in the project or whose interests may be positively or negatively affected by the performance or completion of the project. They may also exert influence over the project - its deliverables - and the






10. Probability that a risk will occur.






11. Judgment provided based upon expertise in an application area - knowledge area - discipline - industry - etc. as appropriate for the activity being performed. Such expertise may be provided by any group or person with specialized education - knowledg






12. An authorized time-phased budget at completion (BAC) used to measure - monitor - and control overall cost performance on the project. Developed as a summation of the approved budgets by time period and is typically displayed in the form of an S-curve






13. A modification of a logical relationship that allows an acceleration of the successor activity. A negative lead is equivalent to a positive lag.






14. Describes how individual requirements meet the business need for the project.






15. Measuring - examining and testing undertaken to determine whether results conform to requirements; also called reviews - product reviews - audits - and walkthroughs






16. Schematic displays of the logical relationships (dependencies) among the project schedule activities; always drawn from left to right to reflect project work chronology






17. A formal - approved document used to define how the project is executed - controlled and monitored. It can either be at a detailed or high level and may contain one or more subsidiary plans.






18. This compares technical accomplishments during project execution with the project management plan's schedule of technical achievement.






19. Provides a documented basis for making future project decisions and for confirming or developing common understanding of the project scope among the stakeholders






20. Process of formalizing acceptance of the completed project deliverables






21. Effect on project objectives if the risk event occurs.






22. The calculated projection of cost performance that must be achieved on the remaining work to meet a specified management goal - such as the budget at completion (BAC) or the estimate at completion (EAC). It is the ratio of 'remaining work' to the 'fu






23. Provide a structure that ensures a comprehensive process of systematically identifying risks to a consistent level of detail and contributes to the effectiveness and quality of the Identify Risks process. They include categories like technical - exte






24. A -specific version of the schedule model used to compare actual results to the plan to determine if preventive or corrective action is needed to meet the project objectives.






25. An uncertain event or condition that - if it occurs - has a positive or negative effect on the project objective.






26. The process of collecting and distributing performance information - including status reports - progress measurements - and forecasts to stakeholders.






27. Special category of revised cost estimates to an approved cost baseline.






28. An applicable restriction that will affect the performance of the project/process.






29. Describes the processes required to ensure that the project includes only the essential work required to complete the project successfully. It includes collecting the requirements - defining the scope - verifying the scope and controlling the scope o






30. Activities that assist in developing/enhancing the ability of team members to work together effectively and contribute to the success of the project team. It improves the people skills - technical competencies - and overall team environment and proje






31. Document that formally authorizes a project. Provides project manager with the authority to apply organizational resources to project activities.






32. The planned dates to perform schedule activities and the planned dates for meeting schedule milestones. Includes planned start and finish dates for the project's activities - milestones - work packages - planning packages - and control accounts. This






33. Describes the need - justification - requirements - and current boundaries for the project.






34. It shortens the project schedule without changing the project scope - in order to meet schedule constraints - imposed dates - or other schedule objectives. -. This technique includes crashing and fast tracking.






35. Process of implementing risk response plans - tracking identified risks - monitoring residual risks - identifying new risks - and evaluating risk process effectiveness throughout the project.






36. The expected cost needed to complete all the remaining work for a schedule activity - work break down structure component - or the project.






37. Checklists are structured tools - usually component specific - used to verify that a set of required steps has been performed and to ensure consistency in frequently performed tasks. These can be developed based on historical information and knowledg






38. A schedule network analysis technique used to determine the amount of scheduling flexibility on various logical network paths in the project schedule network - and to determine the minimum total project duration. Early start and finish dates are calc






39. A process of systematically gathering and analyzing quantitative and qualitative information to determine whose interests should be taken into account throughout the project. It identifies the interests - expectations - and influence of the stakehold






40. Describes the processes required to ensure that the various elements of the project are properly coordinated. It includes developing the project plan - managing the execution of the project plan - monitoring & controlling work - integrating the chang






41. Project team accepts the risk - i.e. team decides not to change the project plan to deal with the risk - or is unable to identify any other suitable response strategy.






42. Defines the procedures by which project scope can be changed; includes paperwork - tracking systems and approval levels necessary for authorizing changes.






43. A functional organization has a hierarchy in which every employee has one clear superior. Staff members are grouped by areas of specialization. Functional organizations may still have projects - but the perceived scope of the project is defined by th






44. The process in which the estimated costs of individual activities or work packages are aggregated to establish an authorized cost baseline.






45. Process of obtaining seller responses - selecting a seller - and awarding a contract






46. Used to identify project and product requirements; some of the techniques used are: Brainstorming - Nominal group technique - The Delphi technique - Idea/mind mapping - and Affinity diagram.






47. Determining which risks may affect the project and documenting their characteristics.






48. Describes the processes required to ensure timely completion of the project. It includes defining activities - sequencing activities - estimating activity resources - estimating activity durations - developing the schedule - and controlling the sched






49. Charts/ Judgment provided based upon expertise in an application area - knowledge area - discipline - industry - etc. as appropriate for the activity being performed. Such expertise may be provided by any group or person with specialized education -






50. Describes the processes required to ensure that the project satisfies the needs for which it is undertaken. It includes quality planning - performing quality assurance and control.