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PMI Project Management Vocab

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






2. 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.






3. A hierarchical representation of risks that is organized according to risk categories.






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






5. A component of the project or program management plan that establishes the activities for developing - monitoring - and controlling the project or program.






6. 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.






7. 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.






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






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






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






11. Any activity on the critical path in a project schedule.






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






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






14. 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.






15. 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.






16. An iterative planning technique in which the work to be accomplished in the near term is planned in detail - while the work in the future is planned at a higher level.






17. 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.






18. 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.






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






20. The description of the project scope - major deliverables - assumptions - and constraints.






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






22. The approved version of a work product that can be changed only through formal change control procedures and is used as a basis for comparison.






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






24. A component of the project - program - or portfolio management plan that describes how - when - and by whom information will be administered and disseminated.






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






26. A schedule compression technique in which activities or phases normally done in sequence are performed in parallel for at least a portion of their duration.






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






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






29. An estimating technique in which an algorithm is used to calculate cost or duration based on historical data and project parameters.






30. A measure of the cost performance that is required to be achieved with the remaining resources in order to meet a specified management goal - expressed as the ratio of the cost to finish the outstanding work to the remaining budget.






31. 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.






32. 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.






33. The amount of time that a schedule activity can be delayed without delaying the early start date of any successor or violating a schedule constraint.






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






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






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






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






38. A risk response strategy whereby the project team shifts the impact of a threat to a third party - together with ownership of the response.






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






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






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






42. 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.






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






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






45. An intentional activity that realigns the performance of the project work with the project management plan.






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






47. A limiting factor that affects the execution of a project - program - portfolio - or process.






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






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






50. A component of the human resource plan that describes when and how team members will be acquired and how long they will be needed.