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PMI Project Management Vocab

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






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






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






5. 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.






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






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






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 process of optimizing the mix of portfolio components to further the strategic objectives of the organization.






10. A group of related schedule activities aggregated and displayed as a single activity.






11. A group of potential causes of risk.






12. 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.






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






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






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






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






17. 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.






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






19. 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.






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






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






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






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






24. The series of phases that a project passes through from its initiation to its closure.






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






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






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






28. 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.






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






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






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






33. 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.






34. A technique used for constructing a schedule model in which activities are represented by nodes and are graphically linked by one or more logical relationships to show the sequence in which the activities are to be performed.






35. 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






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






37. A significant point or event in a project - program - or portfolio.






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






39. An estimate of the longest activity duration - which takes into account all of the known variables that could affect performance.






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






41. 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.






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






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






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






45. 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.






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






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






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






49. 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.






50. The amount of budget deficit or surplus at a given point in time - expressed as the difference between the earned value and the actual cost.