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PMI Project Management Vocab

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1. A group of potential causes of risk.






2. A technique used to shorten the schedule duration without reducing the project scope.






3. An activity that can be planned and measured and that yields a specific output. (Note: Discrete effort is one of three earned value management [EVM] types of activities used to measure work performance.)






4. A set of conditions that is required to be met before deliverables are accepted.






5. An intentional activity that ensures the future performance of the project work is aligned with the project management plan.






6. In the critical path method - the latest possible point in time when the uncompleted portions of a schedule activity can finish based on the schedule network logic - the project completion date - and any schedule constraints.






7. The process of optimizing the mix of portfolio components to further the strategic objectives of the organization.






8. A relationship in which a schedule activity has more than one successor.






9. A measure of schedule efficiency expressed as the ratio of earned value to planned value.






10. A document in which the results of risk analysis and risk response planning are recorded.






11. Any activity on the critical path in a project schedule.






12. The expected total cost of completing all work expressed as the sum of the actual cost to date and the estimate to complete.






13. A numbering system used to uniquely identify each component of the work breakdown structure.






14. A document issued by the project initiator or sponsor that formally authorizes the existence of a project and provides the project manager with the authority to apply organizational resources to project activities.






15. A component of the project - program - or portfolio management plan that describes how risk management activities will be structured and performed.






16. A component of the project or program management plan that describes how a team will acquire goods and services from outside of the performing organization.






17. A response to a threat that has occurred - for which a prior response had not been planned or was not effective.






18. A significant point or event in a project - program - or portfolio.






19. A logical relationship in which a successor activity cannot start until a predecessor activity has finished.






20. A logical relationship in which a successor activity cannot start until a predecessor activity has started.






21. A formally chartered group responsible for reviewing - evaluating - approving - delaying - or rejecting changes to the project and for recording and communicating such decisions.






22. The approved version of a scope statement - work breakdown structure (WBS) - and its associated WBS dictionary - which can be changed only through formal change control procedures and is used as a basis for comparison.






23. A component of the project or program management plan that establishes the activities for developing - monitoring - and controlling the project or program.






24. A component of the project or program management plan that describes how the roles and responsibilities - reporting relationships - and staff management will be addressed and structured.






25. The sum of all budgets established for the work to be performed.






26. Projects - programs - subportfolios - and operations managed as a group to achieve strategic objectives.






27. A calendar that identifies working days and shifts that are available for scheduled activities.






28. The knowledge gained during a project which shows how project events were addressed or should be addressed in the future for the purpose of improving future performance






29. A risk response strategy whereby the project team acts to eliminate the threat or protect the project from its impact.






30. An iterative planning technique in which the work to be accomplished in the near term is planned in detail - while the work in the future is planned at a higher level.






31. A technique in which start and finish dates are adjusted based on resource constraints with the goal of balancing demand for resources with the available supply.






32. The person assigned by the performing organization to lead the team that is responsible for achieving the project objectives.






33. The authorized budget assigned to scheduled work.






34. A collection of logically related project activities that culminates in the completion of one or more deliverables.






35. A technique for estimating the duration or cost of an activity or a project - using historical data from a similar activity or project.






36. A component of a project or program management plan that describes how costs will be planned - structured - and controlled.






37. A critical path method technique for calculating the late start and late finish dates by working backward through the schedule model from the project end date.






38. A measure of schedule performance expressed as the difference between the earned value and the planned value.






39. A temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product - service - or result.






40. A grid that links product requirements from their origin to the deliverables that satisfy them.






41. The approved version of a work product that can be changed only through formal change control procedures and is used as a basis for comparison.






42. An estimate expressed as a percent of the amount of work that has been completed on an activity or a work breakdown structure component.






43. The amount of time whereby a successor activity is required to be delayed with respect to a predecessor activity.






44. An enterprise whose personnel are the most directly involved in doing the work of the project or program.






45. An intentional activity that realigns the performance of the project work with the project management plan.






46. A condition or capability that is required to be present in a product - service - or result to satisfy a contract or other formally imposed specification.






47. In the critical path method - the latest possible point in time when the uncompleted portions of a schedule activity can start based on the schedule network logic - the project completion date - and any schedule constraints.






48. A risk that would have a positive effect on one or more project objectives.






49. A hierarchical representation of risks that is organized according to risk categories.






50. The approved version of a schedule model that can be changed only through formal change control procedures and is used as a basis for comparison to actual results.