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1. Structured review of the procurement process originating from the Plan Procurements process through Administer Procurements process. Objective is to identify successes and failures that warrant recognition in the preparation or administration of othe






2. An accepted action performed to bring projected future project performance in line with the project plan. These actions have to be documented.






3. Dependencies determined by the Project Management Team; involve a relationship between project activities and non-project activities (i.e. - dependencies on issues that are beyond the scope of the project). These dependencies are outside the project






4. Technique to evaluate the degree to which data about risks is useful for risk management.






5. A subdivision (fragment) of a project schedule network diagram - used to illustrate or study some potential or proposed schedule condition - such as changes in preferential schedule logic or project scope.






6. Process of redefining the cost performance/schedule/performance measurement/technical baseline. If cost variances are severe - re-baselining is needed to provide a realistic measure of performance.






7. Modifications to the cost estimation prepared for the project






8. An estimating technique that uses a statistical relationship between historical data and other variables to calculate an estimate for activity parameters - such as scope - cost - budget - and duration. An example for the cost parameter is multiplying






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






10. Projects are frequently divided into better manageable components or subprojects. Subprojects are often contracted to an external enterprise or another functional unit in the performing organization.






11. Action taken to bring a defective or nonconforming item into compliance with requirements or specifications. It is a frequent cause of project overruns in most application areas.






12. Includes the processes that organize - manage - and lead the project team.






13. It includes the processes required to ensure timely and appropriate generation - collection - dissemination - storage - retrieval - and ultimate disposition of project information.






14. Integrates scope - cost (or resource) - and schedule measures to help the project management team assess project performance.






15. Includes the processes that help to estimate - budget - and control costs - so that the project can be completed within the approved budget.






16. Seeking to shift the consequences of the risk to a third party together with the ownership for the response.






17. The policies - guidelines - or procedures that govern the recruitment of staff.






18. The document that describes the communication needs and expectations for the project; how and in what format information will be communicated; when and where each communication will be made; and who is responsible for providing each type of communica






19. Bring together prequalified stakeholders and subject matter experts to learn about their expectations and attitudes about a proposed product - service - or result






20. Activities specifically taken by management and team members to help individual team members work together effectively - thereby improving team performance






21. They possess a blend of functional and projectized characteristics. Weak matrices maintain many of the characteristics of a functional organization - and the Project Manager's role is more that of a coordinator or expediter than that of a manager. Si






22. Formal and informal policies that are required for project plan development. Organizational policies include quality management - personnel administration and financial controls.






23. Precedence Diagramming Method (PDM) includes four types of dependencies or relationships between activities: 1. Finish to Start; 2. Finish to Finish; 3. Start to Finish; 4. Start to Start






24. An analytical technique used to determine the basic underlying reason that causes a variance or a defect or a risk. Root cause may underlie more than one variance or defect or risk. Root cause analysis is done as part of corrective action - Helps ide






25. Systematic process of planning - identifying - analyzing - responding - and monitoring and controlling project risk. It increases the probability and impact of positive events - and decrease the probability and impact of negative events in the projec






26. Used to solicit proposals from prospective sellers






27. Involves payments (cost reimbursements) to the seller for all legitimate actual costs incurred for completed work - plus a fee representing seller profit






28. 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






29. Factors which - for planning purposes - are considered to be true - real or certain.






30. Generally used when considerations like technical approach and technical skills are paramount in source selection






31. The process of identifying all people or organizations impacted by the project and documenting relevant information regarding their interests - involvement - and impact on project success.






32. Helps to determine which risks have the most potential impact on the project. Examines the extent to which the uncertainty of each project element affects the objective being examined when all the other uncertain elements are held at their baseline v






33. Testing identified assumptions against two criteria: assumption stability and consequences on the project if the assumption is false.






34. Meetings with all prospective sellers and buyers prior to submittal of a bid or proposal. Used to ensure that all prospective sellers have a clear and common understanding of the procurement - and that no bidders receive preferential treatment.






35. Expectations The process of communicating and working with stakeholders to meet their needs and addressing issues as they occur. Project manager applies appropriate interpersonal skills to manage stakeholder expectations - for example - by building t






36. Descriptions of which resources will be available at what times and in what patterns necessary for schedule development






37. Process of developing a detailed description of the project and product






38. Documentation resulting from project activities. These files may also maintain records of other projects that are detailed enough to aid in developing cost estimates.






39. Focused sessions that bring key cross-functional stakeholders together to define product requirements






40. Used to rate or score seller proposals






41. The document that sets out the format and establishes the activities and criteria for planning - structuring - and controlling the project costs. The cost management plan is contained in - or is a subsidiary plan of - the project management plan.






42. A general management technique used to determine whether a particular work can be accomplished by the project team or must be purchased from outside sources.






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






44. Methods used to distribute information to team members and other stakeholders.






45. Describes the extent to which a risk is known or understood. Measures extent of data available as well as reliability of data.






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






47. A method of obtaining early feedback on requirements by providing a working model of the expected product before actually building it.






48. Process of identifying and documenting relationships among the project activities. Sequencing can be performed by using project management software or by using manual or automated techniques.






49. Meetings held to assess project status and/or progress.






50. 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