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Subjects : certifications, capm
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1. Requests to expand or reduce project scope - modify policies/ processes/plans/procedures/costs and - if approved - can affect budgets or revise schedules. These change requests are processed through the Perform Integrated Change Control process.






2. Collection of generally sequential project phases.






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






4. Process of defining and documenting stakeholders' needs to meet the project objectives






5. Complete set of indexed contract documentation - including the closed contract - that is prepared for inclusion with the final project files






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






7. Project team must measure itself periodically against the expectations of those outside the project.






8. Specify lessons that can be learned from each and every project - even from projects which are failures. They need to be documented. Most companies prefer post-implementation meetings and case studies to document Lessons Learned






9. Probability that a risk will occur.






10. An organizational placement strategy where the project team members are physically located close to one another in order to improve communication - working relationships - and productivity.






11. 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






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






13. Used to solicit proposals from prospective sellers






14. Process of identifying the specific actions to be performed to produce the project deliverables.






15. Application of knowledge - skills - tools - and techniques to project activities to meet the project requirements.






16. 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






17. Process of documenting project purchasing decisions - specifying the approach - and identifying potential sellers.






18. 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.






19. Defines the process by which the procurement can be modified. It includes paperwork - tracking systems - dispute resolution procedures - and approval levels necessary for authorizing changes.






20. List of risks includes those that pose the greatest threat or present the greatest opportunity to the project together with a measure of their impact.






21. A structured review of the seller's progress to deliver project scope and quality - within cost and on schedule - as compared to the contract.






22. Uses a project model that translates the uncertainties specified at a detailed level into their potential impact on objectives that are expressed at the level of the total project. Project simulation uses computer models and estimates of risk and are






23. A requirement imposed by a governmental body and its compliance is mandatory.






24. Describes the processes required to make the most effective use of the people involved with the project. It includes developing the human resource plan - acquiring the project team - developing the project team - and managing the project team.






25. Modifications to the cost estimation prepared for the project






26. Any modification to the contents of the project plan or the supporting details.






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






28. Calculates the theoretical early start and finish dates - and late start and finish dates - for all activities without regard to any resource limitations. This is done by performing a forward and backward pass analysis through the schedule network.






29. Technologies or methods to transfer information among project stakeholders.






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






31. 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.






32. Includes all those activities designed to enhance the competencies of the project team members. Training can be formal or informal.






33. A calendar of working days and non- working days that determines those dates on which each specific resource is ideal or can be active; typically defines the resource specific holidays and resource availability periods; the calendars that specify whe






34. The expected total cost of a schedule activity - a work breakdown structure component - or the project when the defined scope of work will be completed.






35. Describes the procurement item in sufficient detail to allow prospective sellers to determine if they are capable of providing the products - services - or results.






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






37. Describes the processes required to acquire goods and services from outside the project team. It includes planning procurements - conducting procurements - administering procurements - and closing procurements.






38. A group of documented procedure used to apply technical and administrative direction and surveillance to: a) Identify and document the system's functional and physical characteristics; b)Control any changes to such characteristics; c) Record and repo






39. Allows for probabilistic treatment of both network logic and activity duration estimates






40. Process of defining how to conduct risk management activities for a project.






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






42. 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






43. Technique that explores the validity of assumptions basing on which every identified project risk is conceived and developed. It identifies risks to the project from inaccuracy - instability - inconsistency - or incompleteness of assumptions.






44. Organize and summarize the information gathered - and present the results of any analysis as compared to the performance measurement baseline. Reports should provide status and progress of the project at the required level of detail.






45. 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






46. 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






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






48. A collection of formal (note: not informal) documented procedures - which defines how the documentation and project deliverables will be managed - changed and approved.






49. Describes how the procurement processes (from developing procurement documentation through contract closure) will be managed






50. Formal written notice from a person or organization responsible for contract administration - informing that the contract has been completed.