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PMI Project Management Vocab

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






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






3. 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






4. 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.)






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. 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.






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






14. 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.






15. A component of the project or program management plan that describes how the roles and responsibilities - reporting relationships - and staff management will be addressed and structured.






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






17. The amount of time whereby a successor activity can be advanced with respect to a predecessor activity.






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






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 diagramming and calculation technique for evaluating the implications of a chain of multiple options in the presence of uncertainty.






21. The authorized budget assigned to scheduled work.






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






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






24. The approved version of a scope statement - work breakdown structure (WBS) - and its associated WBS dictionary - which can be changed only through formal change control procedures and is used as a basis for comparison.






25. 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.






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






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






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






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






30. A formally chartered group responsible for reviewing - evaluating - approving - delaying - or rejecting changes to the project and for recording and communicating such decisions.






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






32. The expected total cost of completing all work expressed as the sum of the actual cost to date and the estimate to complete.






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






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






35. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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