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PMI Project Management Vocab

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1. A formal proposal to modify any document - deliverable - or baseline.






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






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






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






5. An activity where effort is allotted proportionately across certain discrete efforts and not divisible into discrete efforts. (Note: Apportioned effort is one of three earned value management [EVM] types of activities used to measure work performance






6. Plans - processes - policies - procedures and knowledge bases specific to and used by the performing organization.






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






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






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






10. 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.






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






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 set of procedures that describes how modifications to the project deliverables and documentation are managed and controlled.






14. 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.






15. The application of knowledge - skills - tools - and techniques to project activities to meet the project requirements.






16. An intentional activity to modify a nonconforming product or product component.






17. A representation of the plan for executing the project's activities including durations - dependencies and other planning information - used to produce a project schedule along with other scheduling artifacts.






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






19. A method used to estimate the minimum project duration and determine the amount of scheduling flexibility on the logical network paths within the schedule model.






20. 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.






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






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






23. A risk response strategy whereby the project team decides to acknowledge the risk and not take any action unless the risk occurs.






24. An estimate of the shortest activity duration that takes into account all of the known variables that could affect performance.






25. The series of phases that a project passes through from its initiation to its closure.






26. A logical relationship in which a successor activity cannot finish until a predecessor activity has finished.






27. A process whereby modifications to documents - deliverables - or baselines associated with the project are identified - documented - approved - or rejected.






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






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 risk response strategy whereby the project team acts to reduce the probability of occurrence or impact of a risk.






32. The sequence of activities that represents the longest path through a project - which determines the shortest possible duration.






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






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






35. 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.






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






37. An activity that logically comes before a dependent activity in a schedule.






38. A management control point where scope - budget - actual cost - and schedule are integrated and compared to earned value for performance measurement.






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






40. 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.






41. 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.






42. A technique for determining the cause and degree of difference between the baseline and actual performance.






43. The authorized budget assigned to scheduled work.






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






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






46. A group of related schedule activities aggregated and displayed as a single activity.






47. The document that describes how the project will be executed - monitored - and controlled.






48. A technique used to estimate cost or duration by applying an average of optimistic - pessimistic - and most likely estimates when there is uncertainty with the individual activity estimates.






49. A technique used for dividing and sub-dividing the project scope and project deliverables into smaller - more manageable parts.






50. 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.