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PMI Project Management Vocab
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1. A logical relationship in which a successor activity cannot finish until a predecessor activity has started.
Successor Activity
Scope Creep
Start-to-Finish
Portfolio
2. 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.
Schedule Model
Finish-to-Finish
Procurement Management Plan
Critical Chain Method
3. A risk response strategy whereby the project team acts to reduce the probability of occurrence or impact of a risk.
Cost Variance
Risk Mitigation
Bottom-up Estimating
Assumption
4. 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.
Risk Transference
Late Finish Date
Control Account
Lead
5. A component of the project or program management plan that describes how requirements will be analyzed - documented and managed.
Crashing
Requirements Management Plan
Apportioned Effort
Secondary Risk
6. A formal proposal to modify any document - deliverable - or baseline.
Communication Management Plan
Crashing
Staffing Management Plan
Change Request
7. A response to a threat that has occurred - for which a prior response had not been planned or was not effective.
Start-to-Start
What-If Sce
Change Control System
Schedule Baseline
8. The uncontrolled expansion to product or project scope without adjustments to time - cost - and resources.
Project Management Office
Decomposition
Change Control Board
Scope Creep
9. The amount of time whereby a successor activity is required to be delayed with respect to a predecessor activity.
Variance at Completion
Corrective Action
Project Life Cycle
Lag
10. A schedule method that allows the project team to place buffers on any project schedule path to account for limited resources and project uncertainties.
Apportioned Effort
Lag
Critical Chain Method
Earned Value
11. A logical relationship in which a successor activity cannot start until a predecessor activity has finished.
Precedence Diagramming Method
Finish-to-Start
Program Management
Organizational Project Management Maturity
12. A methodology that combines scope - schedule - and resource measurements to assess project performance and progress.
Three-Point Estimate
Successor Activity
Earned Value Management
Change Control
13. The amount of time that a schedule activity can be delayed or extended from its early start date without delaying the project finish date or violating a schedule constraint.
Communication Management Plan
Corrective Action
Enterprise Environmental Factors
Total Float
14. 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.
Human Resource Plan
Change Control Board
Successor Activity
Schedule Compression
15. An estimate of the shortest activity duration that takes into account all of the known variables that could affect performance.
Planned Value
Start-to-Finish
Path Divergence
Optimistic Duration
16. The document that describes how the project will be executed - monitored - and controlled.
Level of Effort
Project Management Plan
Apportioned Effort
Summary Activity
17. The expected cost to finish all the remaining project work.
Estimate to Complete
Critical Path Activity
Gantt Chart
Requirements Management Plan
18. A management structure that standardizes the program-related governance processes and facilitates the sharing of resources - methodologies - tools - and techniques.
Project Management Office
Earned Value Management
Program Management Office
Data Date
19. A group of related schedule activities aggregated and displayed as a single activity.
Summary Activity
Project Manager
Requirements Management Plan
Probability and Impact Matrix
20. A calendar that identifies working days and shifts that are available for scheduled activities.
Start-to-Start
Phase Gate
Project Calendar
Project Scope
21. 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.
Portfolio Management
Three-Point Estimate
Critical Chain Method
Trigger Condition
22. The iterative process of increasing the level of detail in a project management plan as greater amounts of information and more accurate estimates become available.
Stakeholder
Progressive Elaboration
Responsibility Assignment Matrix
Total Float
23. An estimate expressed as a percent of the amount of work that has been completed on an activity or a work breakdown structure component.
Percent Complete
Activity
Variance Analysis
Opportunity
24. A component of the project or program management plan that establishes the activities for developing - monitoring - and controlling the project or program.
Schedule Management Plan
Program Management
Apportioned Effort
Change Request
25. The measure of work performed expressed in terms of the budget authorized for that work.
Summary Activity
Schedule Model Analysis
Program
Earned Value
26. The process of optimizing the mix of portfolio components to further the strategic objectives of the organization.
Project Schedule Network Diagram
Organizational Process Assets
Responsibility Assignment Matrix
Portfolio Balancing
27. A logical relationship in which a successor activity cannot start until a predecessor activity has started.
Defect Repair
Start-to-Start
Lag
Risk Category
28. The authorized budget assigned to scheduled work.
Estimate to Complete
Percent Complete
Planned Value
Secondary Risk
29. Conditions - not under the immediate control of the team - that influence - constrain - or direct the project - program - or portfolio.
Change Control System
Variance Analysis
Enterprise Environmental Factors
Project Charter
30. A graphical representation of the logical relationships among the project schedule activities.
Resource Calendar
Milestone
Lead
Project Schedule Network Diagram
31. A diagramming and calculation technique for evaluating the implications of a chain of multiple options in the presence of uncertainty.
Project Phase
Decision Tree Analysis
Change Control System
Variance Analysis
32. A component of the project - program - or portfolio management plan that describes how risk management activities will be structured and performed.
Risk Management Plan
Optimistic Duration
Scope Management Plan
Earned Value Management
33. The centralized management of one or more portfolios to achieve strategic objectives.
Product Life Cycle
Procurement Management Plan
Resource Leveling
Portfolio Management
34. A grid for mapping the probability of each risk occurrence and its impact on project objectives if that risk occurs.
Project Manager
Bottom-up Estimating
Probability and Impact Matrix
Schedule Performance Index
35. A projection of the amount of budget deficit or surplus - expressed as the difference between the budget at completion and the estimate at completion.
Variance at Completion
Estimate at Completion
Most Likely Duration
Three-Point Estimate
36. 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.
Early Start Date
Risk Management Plan
Project
Sponsor
37. A risk response strategy whereby the project team decides to acknowledge the risk and not take any action unless the risk occurs.
Three-Point Estimate
Project Scope
Cost Performance Index
Risk Acceptance
38. An individual - group - or organization who may affect - be affected by - or perceive itself to be affected by a decision - activity - or outcome of a project - program - or portfolio.
Stakeholder
Variance at Completion
What-If Sce
Earned Value Management
39. 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.
Schedule Baseline
To-Complete Performance Index
Project Manager
Variance Analysis
40. A temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product - service - or result.
Project
Critical Path Method
Risk Register
Crashing
41. An estimate of the longest activity duration - which takes into account all of the known variables that could affect performance.
Progressive Elaboration
Start-to-Start
Backward Pass
Pessimistic Duration
42. The application of knowledge - skills - tools - and techniques to project activities to meet the project requirements.
Cost Variance
S-Curve Analysis
Project Schedule Network Diagram
Project Management
43. A component of the project or program management plan that describes how an organization's quality policies will be implemented.
Scope Baseline
To-Complete Performance Index
Quality Management Plan
Decision Tree Analysis
44. 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
Cost Management Plan
Risk Register
Probability and Impact Matrix
Lessons Learned
45. A hierarchical representation of the project organization - which illustrates the relationship between project activities and the organizational units that will perform those activities.
Project Management Office
Earned Value Management
Late Finish Date
Organizational Breakdown Structure
46. A technique for estimating the duration or cost of an activity or a project - using historical data from a similar activity or project.
Critical Chain Method
Analogous Estimating
Three-Point Estimate
Gantt Chart
47. The description of the project scope - major deliverables - assumptions - and constraints.
Effort
Project Scope Statement
Gantt Chart
Risk Breakdown Structure
48. The expected total cost of completing all work expressed as the sum of the actual cost to date and the estimate to complete.
Risk Mitigation
Estimate at Completion
Decision Tree Analysis
Actual Cost
49. 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.
Critical Path Activity
Schedule Variance
Project Phase
Backward Pass
50. A document that provides detailed deliverable - activity - and scheduling information about each component in the work breakdown structure.
Preventive Action
WBS Dictionary
Resource Leveling
Variance Analysis