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PMI Project Management Vocab

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






2. An event or situation that indicates that a risk is about to occur.






3. An activity that does not produce definitive end products and is measured by the passage of time. (Note: Level of effort is one of three earned value management [EVM] types of activities used to measure work performance.)






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






5. A hierarchical representation of the project organization - which illustrates the relationship between project activities and the organizational units that will perform those activities.






6. 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.






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






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






9. A critical path method technique for calculating the early start and early finish dates by working forward through the schedule model from the project start date or a given point in time.






10. A process used to investigate or analyze the output of the schedule model in order to optimize the schedule






11. A technique used to shorten the schedule duration for the least incremental cost by adding resources.






12. A limiting factor that affects the execution of a project - program - portfolio - or process.






13. A calendar that identifies the working days and shifts upon which each specific resource is available.






14. A component of the project or program management plan that describes how an organization's quality policies will be implemented.






15. A bar chart of schedule information where activities are listed on the vertical axis - dates are shown on the horizontal axis - and activity durations are shown as horizontal bars placed according to start and finish dates.






16. A review at the end of a phase in which a decision is made to continue to the next phase - to continue with modification - or to end a project or program.






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






18. A dependent activity that logically comes after another activity in a schedule.






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






20. An estimate of the longest activity duration - which takes into account all of the known variables that could affect performance.






21. The number of labor units required to complete a schedule activity or work breakdown structure component - often expressed in hours - days - or weeks.






22. The uncontrolled expansion to product or project scope without adjustments to time - cost - and resources.






23. The amount of budget deficit or surplus at a given point in time - expressed as the difference between the earned value and the actual cost.






24. The centralized management of one or more portfolios to achieve strategic objectives.






25. The description of the project scope - major deliverables - assumptions - and constraints.






26. The authorized budget assigned to scheduled work.






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






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






29. 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






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






31. A diagramming and calculation technique for evaluating the implications of a chain of multiple options in the presence of uncertainty.






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






33. A method of estimating project duration or cost by aggregating the estimates of the lower-level components of the work breakdown structure (WBS).






34. 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.






35. A measure of the cost efficiency of budgeted resources expressed as the ratio of earned value to actual cost.






36. A person or group who provides resources and support for the project - program - or portfolio - and is accountable for enabling success.






37. The work performed to deliver a product - service - or result with the specified features and functions.






38. A relationship in which a schedule activity has more than one predecessor.






39. A component of the project - program - or portfolio management plan that describes how - when - and by whom information will be administered and disseminated.






40. The expected cost to finish all the remaining project work.






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






42. A risk that would have a negative effect on one or more project objectives.






43. A group of potential causes of risk.






44. A schedule compression technique in which activities or phases normally done in sequence are performed in parallel for at least a portion of their duration.






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






46. A document that provides detailed deliverable - activity - and scheduling information about each component in the work breakdown structure.






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






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






50. An estimate of the most probable activity duration that takes into account all of the known variables that could affect performance.