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PMI Project Management Vocab

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1. 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.






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






3. 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.






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






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






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






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






9. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. An estimate of the most probable activity duration that takes into account all of the known variables that could affect performance.






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






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






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






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






25. A component of the project - program - or portfolio management plan that describes how risk management activities will be structured and performed.






26. 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.






27. In the critical path method - the earliest possible point in time when the uncompleted portions of a schedule activity can finish based on the schedule network logic - the data date - and any schedule constraints.






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






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






30. 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.






31. A measure of schedule performance expressed as the difference between the earned value and the planned value.






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. A risk response strategy whereby the project team acts to reduce the probability of occurrence or impact of a risk.






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






40. A response to a threat that has occurred - for which a prior response had not been planned or was not effective.






41. 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.






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






43. 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.






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






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






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






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






48. 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.






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






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