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Subjects : certifications, capm
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1. Descriptions of which resources will be available at what times and in what patterns necessary for schedule development






2. A hierarchically organized depiction of the project organization arranged so as to relate the work packages to the performing organizational units.






3. Project team must measure itself periodically against the expectations of those outside the project.






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






5. A subdivision (fragment) of a project schedule network diagram - used to illustrate or study some potential or proposed schedule condition - such as changes in preferential schedule logic or project scope.






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






7. 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






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






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






10. 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






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






12. 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






13. A process of systematically gathering and analyzing quantitative and qualitative information to determine whose interests should be taken into account throughout the project. It identifies the interests - expectations - and influence of the stakehold






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






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






16. 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






17. Outcome of activities performed to accomplish the project.






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






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






20. Risks that remain after planned responses have been implemented - as well as those that have been deliberately accepted.






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






22. 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.






23. Involves payments (cost reimbursements) to the seller for all legitimate actual costs incurred for completed work - plus a fee representing seller profit






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






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






26. 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.






27. Group of related projects managed in a coordinated way to obtain control and benefits that are not available if managed individually.






28. Defines the procedures by which project scope can be changed; includes paperwork - tracking systems and approval levels necessary for authorizing changes.






29. 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.






30. Focused sessions that bring key cross-functional stakeholders together to define product requirements






31. Responses to emerging risks that was previously unidentified or accepted. These were not planned in advance of the occurrence of the risk event.






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






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






34. Process of developing a detailed description of the project and product






35. 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






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






37. 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.






38. Structured review of the project plans and assumptions - prior project files - contracts - and other information.






39. 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.






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






41. 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 -






42. 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






43. A requirement imposed by a governmental body and its compliance is mandatory.






44. Costs allocated to the project by the performing organization as a cost of doing business (e.g. - salaries of corporate executives). Usually calculated as a percentage of direct costs.






45. Describes how the procurement processes (from developing procurement documentation through contract closure) will be managed






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






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






48. Factors that limit a buyer's options. E.g. - funds availability






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






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