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Subjects : certifications, capm
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1. An applicable restriction that will affect the performance of the project/process.






2. Description of the product of the project - provides important information about any technical issues or concerns that would need to be considered during procurement planning






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






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






5. 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






6. Used to generate - classify - and prioritize product requirements. Some methods used to reach group decisions are: unanimity - majority - plurality - and dictatorship.






7. Describes the procurement item in sufficient detail to allow prospective sellers to determine if they are capable of providing the products - services - or results.






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






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






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






11. 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.






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






13. It consists of tools and techniques used to gather - integrate and disseminate the outputs of project management processes. Supports all aspects of the project from initiating through closing - and can include both manual and automated systems.






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






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






16. 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






17. 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






18. 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






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






20. This involves calculating the theoretical early and late start and finish dates for all project activities without regard to any resource pool restrictions.






21. They possess a blend of functional and projectized characteristics. Weak matrices maintain many of the characteristics of a functional organization - and the Project Manager's role is more that of a coordinator or expediter than that of a manager. Si






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






23. Process of defining how to conduct risk management activities for a project.






24. Dependencies that are contractually required or those inherent in the nature of the work. Often involve physical limitations.






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






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






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






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






29. 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.






30. 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






31. 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






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






33. 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.






34. 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






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. List of risks includes those that pose the greatest threat or present the greatest opportunity to the project together with a measure of their impact.






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






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






39. 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.






40. 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






41. Documents the characteristics of the product - result - or service which the project is undertaken to create.






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






43. 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






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






45. Bring together prequalified stakeholders and subject matter experts to learn about their expectations and attitudes about a proposed product - service - or result






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






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






48. 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






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






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