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PMI Project Management Vocab

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1. A group of potential causes of risk.






2. 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.






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






4. Conditions - not under the immediate control of the team - that influence - constrain - or direct the project - program - or portfolio.






5. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. A risk response strategy whereby the project team acts to eliminate the threat or protect the project from its impact.






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






14. The sequence of activities that represents the longest path through a project - which determines the shortest possible duration.






15. A formal proposal to modify any document - deliverable - or baseline.






16. 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.)






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






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






19. A risk response strategy whereby the project team decides to acknowledge the risk and not take any action unless the risk occurs.






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






21. An activity that logically comes before a dependent activity in a schedule.






22. A method of estimating project duration or cost by aggregating the estimates of the lower-level components of the work breakdown structure (WBS).






23. Projects - programs - subportfolios - and operations managed as a group to achieve strategic objectives.






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






25. 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.






26. 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.






27. 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.






28. A document in which the results of risk analysis and risk response planning are recorded.






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






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






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






32. 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.






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






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






35. A logical relationship in which a successor activity cannot finish until a predecessor activity has started.






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. A technique used to shorten the schedule duration for the least incremental cost by adding resources.






38. 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.






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






40. 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.)






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






42. 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






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






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






45. A component of a project or program management plan that describes how costs will be planned - structured - and controlled.






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






47. 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.






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






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






50. A method used to estimate the minimum project duration and determine the amount of scheduling flexibility on the logical network paths within the schedule model.