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PMI Project Management Vocab

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1. 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.






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






3. The approved version of a schedule model that can be changed only through formal change control procedures and is used as a basis for comparison to actual results.






4. A methodology that combines scope - schedule - and resource measurements to assess project performance and progress.






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






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






7. 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.






8. 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






9. A grid that shows the project resources assigned to each work package.






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






11. The sum of all budgets established for the work to be performed.






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






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






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






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






16. The iterative process of increasing the level of detail in a project management plan as greater amounts of information and more accurate estimates become available.






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






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






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






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






21. 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.






22. 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.






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






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






25. 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.






26. The level of an organization's ability to deliver the desired strategic outcomes in a predictable - controllable - and reliable manner.






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. 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.






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






35. 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.






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






37. A component of the project or program management plan that describes how the scope will be defined - developed - monitored - controlled - and verified.






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






39. 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.






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






41. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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