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Subjects : certifications, capm
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1. 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






2. Lists or files maintained with information on prospective sellers. These lists will generally have information on relevant past experience and other characteristics of the prospective sellers






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






4. Diagram that describes a decision under consideration and the implications of choosing one or another of the available alternatives.






5. 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.






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






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






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






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






10. Clarify the structure - requirements and other terms of the purchases so that mutual agreement can be reached prior to signing the contract.






11. 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.






12. The amount of time that a schedule activity can be delayed without delaying the early start date of any immediately following schedule activities.






13. A schedule compression technique in which phases or activities normally performed in sequence are performed in parallel. Fast tracking often results in rework and increased risk. Fast tracking only works if activities can be overlapped to shorten the






14. Deliverable- oriented grouping of project components that organizes and defines the total scope of the project - work not in the WBS is outside the scope of the project.






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






16. Any modification to the agreed upon project scope as defined by the approved WBS






17. 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






18. Description of the product of the project - provides important information about any technical issues or concerns that would need to be considered during procurement planning






19. The process of analyzing activity sequences - durations - resource requirements - and schedule constrains to create the project schedule






20. The total amount of time that a schedule activity may be delayed from its early start without delaying the project finish date - or violating a schedule constraint. Calculated using the critical path method technique and determining the difference be






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






22. Considers the characteristics of those prospective staff who are available to join the project team.






23. 1. Operations do not have any timelines. Projects are temporary and have finite time duration. 2. Operation's objective is usually to sustain the business. Project's objective is to achieve the target and close the project.






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. 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.






26. Modifications to the cost estimation prepared for the project






27. Factors that - for planning purposes - will be considered true - real or certain.






28. Incurred for the exclusive benefit of the project (e.g. - salaries of full-time project staff).






29. Repository that provides for collection - maintenance - and analysis of data gathered and used in the risk management process. Use of this database assists risk management throughout the organization and - over time - forms the basis of a risk lesson






30. Terms used when the source selection decision will be based on price






31. A formal or informal approach to obtain information from stakeholders by talking to them directly






32. Documents how requirements will be analyzed - documented - and managed throughout the project






33. Collection of generally sequential project phases.






34. Policies - guidelines and procedures that can help the project management team with various aspects of organizational planning.






35. The process of approximating the number of work periods needed to complete individual activities with estimated resources






36. 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.






37. 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






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






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






40. Defines what kinds of competencies are required from what kind of individuals or groups and in what time frames.






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






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






43. 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






44. 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






45. A provision in the project management plan to mitigate cost and/or schedule risk. Often used with a modifier to provide further details on what types of risk are meant to be mitigated.






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






47. Probability that a risk will occur.






48. The process to identify and document project roles - responsibilities - and required skills - report relationships - and create a staffing management plan.






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






50. 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