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PMI Project Management Vocab
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1. A component of the project or program management plan that describes how the scope will be defined - developed - monitored - controlled - and verified.
Scope Management Plan
Risk Mitigation
Human Resource Plan
Control Account
2. A risk response strategy whereby the project team acts to reduce the probability of occurrence or impact of a risk.
Risk Mitigation
Effort
Scope Management Plan
Control Account
3. The level of an organization's ability to deliver the desired strategic outcomes in a predictable - controllable - and reliable manner.
Defect Repair
Risk Transference
Organizational Project Management Maturity
Lag
4. A significant point or event in a project - program - or portfolio.
Milestone
Sponsor
Quality Management Plan
Data Date
5. The number of labor units required to complete a schedule activity or work breakdown structure component - often expressed in hours - days - or weeks.
Schedule Model Analysis
Effort
Trigger Condition
Organizational Project Management Maturity
6. A technique used to shorten the schedule duration for the least incremental cost by adding resources.
Threat
Crashing
Cost Performance Index
Requirements Traceability Matrix
7. A grid that links product requirements from their origin to the deliverables that satisfy them.
Late Finish Date
Organizational Breakdown Structure
Effort
Requirements Traceability Matrix
8. The series of phases that represent the evolution of a product - from concept through delivery - growth - maturity - and to retirement.
Lead
Critical Path
Product Life Cycle
Stakeholder
9. 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.
Scope Management Plan
Finish-to-Start
Project Charter
Optimistic Duration
10. A group of related projects - subprograms and program activities that are managed in a coordinated way to obtain benefits not available from managing them individually.
Program
Percent Complete
Late Start Date
To-Complete Performance Index
11. The process of optimizing the mix of portfolio components to further the strategic objectives of the organization.
Crashing
Earned Value
Portfolio Balancing
Parametric Estimating
12. The amount of time whereby a successor activity can be advanced with respect to a predecessor activity.
Earned Value Management
Program Management Office
Lead
Enterprise Environmental Factors
13. The application of knowledge - skills - tools - and techniques to a program to meet the program requirements and to obtain benefits and control not available by managing projects individually.
Change Control Board
Project Charter
Program Management
S-Curve Analysis
14. A collection of logically related project activities that culminates in the completion of one or more deliverables.
Early Finish Date
Planned Value
Scope Management Plan
Project Phase
15. The uncontrolled expansion to product or project scope without adjustments to time - cost - and resources.
Pessimistic Duration
Scope Creep
Fast Tracking
Project Charter
16. An intentional activity that ensures the future performance of the project work is aligned with the project management plan.
Preventive Action
Path Divergence
Risk Register
Finish-to-Finish
17. A management control point where scope - budget - actual cost - and schedule are integrated and compared to earned value for performance measurement.
Control Account
Rolling Wave Planning
Schedule Management Plan
Program
18. 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.
Corrective Action
Start-to-Start
Requirement
Total Float
19. 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
Program
Early Finish Date
Project Management Plan
Apportioned Effort
20. The series of phases that a project passes through from its initiation to its closure.
Path Convergence
Risk Category
Change Control Board
Project Life Cycle
21. A technique used for dividing and sub-dividing the project scope and project deliverables into smaller - more manageable parts.
S-Curve Analysis
Decomposition
Pessimistic Duration
Late Start Date
22. A risk response strategy whereby the project team decides to acknowledge the risk and not take any action unless the risk occurs.
Project Schedule Network Diagram
Assumption
Scope Baseline
Risk Acceptance
23. A hierarchical representation of resources by category and type.
Critical Path Method
Resource Breakdown Structure
Bottom-up Estimating
Path Convergence
24. A technique for determining the cause and degree of difference between the baseline and actual performance.
Variance Analysis
To-Complete Performance Index
Effort
Schedule Performance Index
25. A method of estimating project duration or cost by aggregating the estimates of the lower-level components of the work breakdown structure (WBS).
Resource Calendar
Change Control Board
Bottom-up Estimating
Scope Baseline
26. A measure of schedule efficiency expressed as the ratio of earned value to planned value.
Project Schedule Network Diagram
Preventive Action
Threat
Schedule Performance Index
27. A set of conditions that is required to be met before deliverables are accepted.
Probability and Impact Matrix
Critical Path
Rolling Wave Planning
Acceptance Criteria
28. 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
Change Request
Risk Mitigation
Logical Relationship
29. A component of the project - program - or portfolio management plan that describes how - when - and by whom information will be administered and disseminated.
Communication Management Plan
Schedule Performance Index
Program Management
Project Scope
30. The document that describes how the project will be executed - monitored - and controlled.
Finish-to-Start
Project Management Plan
Path Convergence
Preventive Action
31. The expected cost to finish all the remaining project work.
Risk Management Plan
Estimate to Complete
Project Management
Portfolio Management
32. A risk that would have a positive effect on one or more project objectives.
Opportunity
Performing Organization
Lessons Learned
Data Date
33. An estimate of the most probable activity duration that takes into account all of the known variables that could affect performance.
Most Likely Duration
Risk Mitigation
Preventive Action
Cost Variance
34. A technique for estimating the duration or cost of an activity or a project - using historical data from a similar activity or project.
Analogous Estimating
Code of Accounts
Requirements Traceability Matrix
Estimate at Completion
35. A document in which the results of risk analysis and risk response planning are recorded.
Project Management
Organizational Process Assets
Schedule Model
Risk Register
36. An enterprise whose personnel are the most directly involved in doing the work of the project or program.
Lag
Critical Chain Method
Performing Organization
Program
37. A group of potential causes of risk.
Project Charter
Schedule Model
Change Control System
Risk Category
38. A component of a project or program management plan that describes how costs will be planned - structured - and controlled.
Cost Management Plan
Change Control System
Probability and Impact Matrix
Project Scope
39. A risk response strategy whereby the project team shifts the impact of a threat to a third party - together with ownership of the response.
Secondary Risk
Opportunity
Risk Transference
Early Start Date
40. A management structure that standardizes the program-related governance processes and facilitates the sharing of resources - methodologies - tools - and techniques.
Program Management Office
Baseline
Schedule Compression
Scope Management Plan
41. Any activity on the critical path in a project schedule.
Performing Organization
Project Management
Scope Baseline
Critical Path Activity
42. A calendar that identifies working days and shifts that are available for scheduled activities.
Sponsor
Change Request
Project Calendar
Schedule Variance
43. 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.
Total Float
Precedence Diagramming Method
Earned Value Management
Phase Gate
44. A technique used to shorten the schedule duration without reducing the project scope.
Actual Cost
Risk Breakdown Structure
Schedule Compression
Control Account
45. 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
Program
Portfolio Balancing
Risk Mitigation
46. The person assigned by the performing organization to lead the team that is responsible for achieving the project objectives.
Cost Management Plan
Scope Creep
Schedule Performance Index
Project Manager
47. The measure of work performed expressed in terms of the budget authorized for that work.
Requirements Management Plan
Level of Effort
Earned Value
Most Likely Duration
48. The authorized budget assigned to scheduled work.
Requirements Traceability Matrix
Program
Planned Value
Change Control
49. 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.
Change Control System
Early Finish Date
Progressive Elaboration
Start-to-Start
50. 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.
Total Float
Procurement Management Plan
Risk Category
Preventive Action