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PMI Project Management Vocab

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






2. The person assigned by the performing organization to lead the team that is responsible for achieving the project objectives.






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






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






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






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






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






8. An output of a schedule model that presents linked activities with planned dates - durations - milestones - and resources.






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






10. A grid that shows the project resources assigned to each work package.






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






12. 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.






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






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






15. A management structure that standardizes the project-related governance processes and facilitates the sharing of resources - methodologies - tools - and techniques.






16. 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.






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






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






19. The measure of work performed expressed in terms of the budget authorized for that work.






20. 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.






21. 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.






22. 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.






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






24. A numbering system used to uniquely identify each component of the work breakdown structure.






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






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






27. A set of conditions that is required to be met before deliverables are accepted.






28. An activity that logically comes before a dependent 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 measure of schedule performance expressed as the difference between the earned value and the planned value.






31. 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.






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






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






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






35. 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






36. 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.






37. 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.






38. 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.






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






40. 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.)






41. A risk that arises as a direct result of implementing a risk response.






42. An earned value management technique used to indicate performance trends by using a graph that displays cumulative costs over a specific time period.






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






44. The authorized budget assigned to scheduled work.






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






46. 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.






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






48. 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.






49. A factor in the planning process that is considered to be true - real - or certain - without proof or demonstration.






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