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1. 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.






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






3. The process to develop an approximation (estimate) of the monetary resources needed to complete project activities.






4. A documented list of project team members - their project roles - and communication information.






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






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






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






8. 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.






9. Broader view of Project Cost Management - whereby other than project costs - we consider the effect of project decisions on the cost of using the project's 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. A formal procedure for authorizing project work to ensure that work is done by the identified organization at the right time and in proper sequence.






12. Systematic process of planning - identifying - analyzing - responding - and monitoring and controlling project risk. It increases the probability and impact of positive events - and decrease the probability and impact of negative events in the projec






13. 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






14. Describes how project scope will be managed and how scope changes will be integrated into the project. It should also include an assessment of the expected stability of the project scope






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






16. Includes the processes that organize - manage - and lead the project team.






17. Forecasts of potential project schedule and cost results listing the possible completion dates or project duration and costs with their associated confidence levels.






18. A modification of a logical relationship that directs a delay in the successor activity.






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






20. It can include correspondence - memos - meeting minutes - and documents describing the project.






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






22. 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






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






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






25. An applicable restriction that will affect the performance of the project/process.






26. 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.






27. Process of formalizing acceptance of the completed project deliverables






28. 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.






29. A project is a temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product - service - or result






30. 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.






31. 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






32. 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.






33. 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.






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






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






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






37. 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.






38. 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






39. 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.






40. 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






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






42. A documented tabulation of schedule activities that shows the activity description - activity identifier - and a sufficiently detailed scope of work description so project team members understand what work is to be performed.






43. 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






44. Describes the processes required to ensure timely and appropriate generation - collection - dissemination and ultimate disposition of project information. It includes identifying stakeholders - planning communication - distributing information - mana






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






46. An estimating technique that uses parameters from a previous - similar project as the basis for estimating the same parameter/measure for a future project. Frequently used to estimate project duration when there is a limited amount of detailed inform






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






48. Features or services that characterize a product - result - or service






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






50. 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