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1. 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






2. 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 -






3. 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.






4. 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






5. A table that links requirements to their origin and traces them throughout the project life cycle






6. 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.






7. 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.






8. An estimating technique that uses the values of parameters - such as scope - cost - budget - and duration or measure of scale such as size - weight - and complexity - from a previous - similar activity as the basis for estimating the same parameter o






9. Seller prepared documents that describe the seller's ability and willingness to provide the requested product.






10. 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






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






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






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






14. Activities should have a coding structure to allow sorting and/or extractions based on different attributes assigned to the activities.






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






16. 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






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






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






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






20. Reduce the probability and/or consequence of an adverse risk event to be within acceptable threshold limits.






21. 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.






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






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. 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






25. 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






26. 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.






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






28. 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.






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






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






31. 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






32. 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






33. Refers to the centralized management of one or more portfolios to achieve strategic business objectives. Portfolio management ensures that the portfolios are reviewed to ascertain that resources are allocated as per priority and the allocation is con






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






35. Process of formally authorizing a new project or the next phase of an existing project; links the project to the ongoing work of the performing organization






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






37. Process of developing options and actions to enhance opportunities and to reduce threats to project objectives. Includes the identification and assignment of individuals to take responsibility for each agreed-to and funded risk response.






38. Subdivision of project deliverables into smaller - more manageable components






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






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






41. 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.






42. 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.






43. 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






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






45. Probability that a risk will occur.






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






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






48. 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.






49. A mathematical technique to forecast future outcomes based on historical results. This is performed using run charts.






50. 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