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PMI Project Management Vocab

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1. A calendar that identifies working days and shifts that are available for scheduled activities.






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






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






4. The number of labor units required to complete a schedule activity or work breakdown structure component - often expressed in hours - days - or weeks.






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






6. The application of knowledge - skills - tools - and techniques to project activities to meet the project requirements.






7. 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.






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






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






10. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






16. 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






17. 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.






18. 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.






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






20. A logical relationship in which a successor activity cannot start until a predecessor activity has finished.






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






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






23. 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.






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






25. A grid for mapping the probability of each risk occurrence and its impact on project objectives if that risk occurs.






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






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






28. 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.






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






30. An activity that can be planned and measured and that yields a specific output. (Note: Discrete effort is one of three earned value management [EVM] types of activities used to measure work performance.)






31. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. A group of potential causes of risk.






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






43. A dependency between two activities - or between an activity and a milestone.






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






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






46. 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.






47. 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.






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






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






50. 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.)







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