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Subjects : certifications, capm
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1. Activities specifically taken by management and team members to help individual team members work together effectively - thereby improving team performance






2. 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.






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. 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






5. The process of determining project stakeholders' information needs and defining a communication approach.






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






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






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






9. 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






10. Process of obtaining seller responses - selecting a seller - and awarding a contract






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






12. 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






13. Involves setting a fixed total price for a defined product or service to be provided.






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






15. This compares technical accomplishments during project execution with the project management plan's schedule of technical achievement.






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






17. 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






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






19. Factors that will limit the project management team's options (e.g. - a predefined budget)






20. 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.






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






22. Collection of generally sequential project phases.






23. They involve measuring value or attractiveness to the project owner. Includes considering the decision criteria and a means to calculate value under uncertainty.






24. Charts that are used to show positions and relationships in a graphical format.






25. 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.






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






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






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






29. Probability that a risk will occur.






30. Effect on project objectives if the risk event occurs.






31. Measuring - examining and testing undertaken to determine whether results conform to requirements; also called reviews - product reviews - audits - and walkthroughs






32. 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






33. Also called risk symptoms or warning signs - they are indications that a risk has occurred or is about to occur. They may be discovered in the risk identification process and watched in the risk monitoring and control process.






34. 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.






35. Seller is a subcontractor - vendor - or supplier - who will typically manage the work of the project. Buyer is the customer who has outsourced work to the seller.






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






37. A functional organization has a hierarchy in which every employee has one clear superior. Staff members are grouped by areas of specialization. Functional organizations may still have projects - but the perceived scope of the project is defined by th






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






39. Involves immediate corrective or preventive action as a consequence of quality control measurements.






40. Process of monitoring the status of the project to update project progress and manage changes to the schedule baseline






41. This is done to take care of risks that were not identified in the risk response plan - or their impact on objectives is greater than expected.






42. 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






43. If the performing organization does not have a formal contracting group - then the project team will have to supply both the resources and expertise to support procurement activities






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






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






46. 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.






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






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






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






50. 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