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Subjects : certifications, capm
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1. 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






2. The process of confirming human resource availability and obtaining the team necessary to complete project assignments.






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






4. A management control point where the resource plans - scope - schedule and actual cost are integrated and compared to earned value for performance measurement.






5. Includes identified risks - risk owners - results of Perform qualitative risk analysis process - agreed upon response strategies - etc.






6. 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.






7. Process of estimating the type and quantities of resources like materials - people - equipment - or supplies required to perform each project activity






8. Changing the project management plan to eliminate the threat entirely.






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






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






11. A structure that relates the project organizational breakdown structure to the work breakdown structure to help ensure that each component of the project's scope of work is assigned to a person or team. It illustrates the connections between work pac






12. The process of making relevant information available to project stakeholders in a timely manner - as planned. Performed throughout the entire project life cycle and in all management processes.






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






14. 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.






15. 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






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






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






18. 1. Performed by people; 2. Constrained by limited resources; 3. Planned - excuted - monitored - and controlled; 4. Ultimate goal is to achieve organizational objectives or stratregic plans






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






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






21. 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






22. 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.






23. 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.






24. 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






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






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






27. 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.






28. It compares cost performance over time - schedule activities or work packages overrunning and under running the budget - and estimated funds needed to complete work in progress.






29. Process of numerically analyzing the effect of identified risks on overall project objectives.






30. Approved modifications to the project schedule that are used to manage the project






31. 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.






32. Any numbering system used to uniquely identify each component of the work breakdown structure.






33. Modifications to the cost estimation prepared for the project






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






35. Process of managing procurement relationships - monitoring contract performance - ad making changes and corrections as needed.






36. 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






37. Processes and procedures developed for the closing or canceling of projects.






38. Process of monitoring the status of the project and product scope and managing changes to the scope baseline.






39. 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






40. For many procurement items - the procuring organization may elect to either prepare its own independent estimate - or have an estimate of costs prepared by an outside professional estimator - to serve as a benchmark on proposed responses.






41. 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.






42. 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.






43. Probability that a risk will occur.






44. 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.






45. Predefined approaches to risk analysis and response in some organizations that have to be tailored to a particular project.






46. It is used to identify stakeholders that can provide information on detailed project and product requirements. It contains the following information regarding the identified stakeholders: identification information (name - designation - location - co






47. 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






48. Used to solicit proposals from prospective sellers






49. Involves procedures required to close a contract as specified in the prescribed procedures for close procurements. Includes product verification and administrative closure.






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