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PMI Project Management Vocab

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1. A hierarchical representation of resources by category and type.






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






3. A graphical representation of the logical relationships among the project schedule activities.






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






5. 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.






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






7. An uncertain event or condition that - if it occurs - has a positive or negative effect on one or more project objectives.






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






9. 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






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






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






12. 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.






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






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






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






16. A projection of the amount of budget deficit or surplus - expressed as the difference between the budget at completion and the estimate at completion.






17. 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.






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






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






20. 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.






21. A distinct - scheduled portion of work performed during the course of a project.






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






23. Any unique and verifiable product - result - or capability to perform a service that is required to be produced to complete a process - phase - or project.






24. The realized cost incurred for the work performed on an activity during a specific time period.






25. A point in time when the status of the project is recorded.






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






27. 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.






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






29. The series of phases that represent the evolution of a product - from concept through delivery - growth - maturity - and to retirement.






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






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






32. 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.






33. 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.






34. 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.






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






36. The amount of time whereby a successor activity can be advanced with respect to a predecessor activity.






37. 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.






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






39. A schedule method that allows the project team to place buffers on any project schedule path to account for limited resources and project uncertainties.






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






41. 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.






42. 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.






43. 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.






44. A methodology that combines scope - schedule - and resource measurements to assess project performance and progress.






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






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






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






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






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






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