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Subject : it-skills
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1. What period will be evaluated?






2. An organizationl unit that defines where and by whom an activity is to be carried otu. The data in the work center can be used for scheduling - costing - and capacity planning.






3. A binding framework for all the organization elements created in a project. The project definition contains default and control values. When you create a work breakdown structure - you automatically create a proejct definition.






4. The network structures that are not directly associated with a project and can be used as templates for creating other standard networks or operative networks.






5. Actual Finish Date






6. Dates in ____: Network header (Basic and Forecast Dates) - Network activity Constraints (Earliest and Latest Dates) - Activity element






7. The system can checkthe heirachical consisteny co time scheduling within the project and extapolate dates within the project strucure automaticallly on saving using the planning methods "top down" "bottom up " and "strict bottom up."






8. Determines the earliest dates.






9. Top Down - Bottom Up - Free Planning - Strict Bottom Up






10. A model of the project that shows the project activities to be fulfilled in the hierarchical form. It divides the project into clearly-structured sections. The individual elements of the work breakdown structure are called WBS elements.






11. Comparison or evaluation of data?






12. Plant Data Collection






13. Lifecycle of _________: Progress - Structure - Bottlenecks/Comparison - Analyses - Machines - Persons - External assignment - Work Center






14. Order for detaled planning and associated documetnation of measures during maintenance.






15. Task in a network that has a defined start and finish. Project Systems has the following activity types Internal processing - external processing - costs - service.






16. A structure element of the work breakdown structure. It describes a concrete task or a partial task that can be further subdivided. Planned and actual values for a project are defined and aggregated in WBS elements.






17. Finally Confirmed






18. Automatically calculated by the system for materials during the project based on the projected finish date of the activity.






19. Project-specific notification category. A claim is used to document varioances form the project plan. You can use claims to plan costs incurred by variances - as well as initiate and monitor follow up activities.






20. A neutral work breakdown strucutre that can be used several times over and only serves as a template for creating operative owrk breakdown structures.






21. A complete - structured list of the components that comprise an object. Bill of materials. The list contains a description - the quantity and the the unit of measure. The components are known as BOM items.






22. Internal cost allocation procedure where by the valuated atcitives (allocation bases) carredi out by cost centers are reallocated to the cost receiver according to the cause. In internal activity allocation - the service carried out by thte cost cent






23. A list of dates from which down payment request and sales relevant invoices are sent to customers. The planned revenues and planned incoming payments are automatically derived from the billing plan and recorded in the relevant WBS element.






24. Which fields do you want to display?






25. A way of describing the link between the start and finish points of two activities in a network. Relationships determine the sequence of activities.






26. A request or instruction from a purchasing organization to a vendor (external supplier) or a plant to deliver a quantity of material or render a service at a certain point in time.






27. Hierachical structuring of a company's undertaking to create tangible assets or render services for an approval year.






28. Predfined cost framework for a task or project within the specific period. Budgeting differs from cost planning in that it is bindiing. Whereas you must estimate your project costs as accurately as possible during project cost planning - it is the ap






29. Controls how actual dates from partial confirmations affect further scheduling runs






30. A component of Materials Management with the following tasks; procuring materials and services externally - determining possible sources of supply for a requirement - monitoring goods deliveries and payment.






31. Overall Network Scheduling Transaction with selection options






32. Describes the chronological sequence of and dependencies between events and activites in a project - and maps the actual flow of the project.






33. Determines the latest dates






34. Which period do you want to split?






35. Which data will be evaluated






36. Only affects the activities for which a reduction strategy has been stored






37. An organizational unit in Accounting that reflects a management-oriented structure fo the organization for the purpose of internal control.






38. A customer request to a company for a quotation or sales information that is not binding. The request is recieved by a sales area that is then responsible for processing it further.






39. Object representing events that are particularly important for the progress of the project or are of special interest. You can assign milestones to individual acitvities or WBS elements.






40. A production order used in discrete manufacturing.






41. A customer request to a compnay for the delivery of goods or services at a certain time. The request is received by a sales area that is then responsible for fulfilling the contract.






42. Sets of dates - Planning form - Scheduling - Planning Different Calendars - Shift - Extrapolation - Inherit - Check dates






43. Are entered in networks using confirmations.






44. Actual Start Date






45. Which requirements do you want to display?






46. An organizational unit within a company - used to represent a closed system for cost accounting purposes. A controlling area may include single or multiple company codes that may use different currencies.






47. CJ29 - Project Scheduling Transaction - OSPU - Used to set control keys.






48. Objects Maintained in _______: Work Breakdown Structures - Network - Milestone - Project Definition






49. Released






50. Factors influencing Scheduling: Internal Processing - External Processing - ____________ - Relationships (ES Earliest Start - LS Latest Start - EF Earliest Finish - TF - Total Float - FF Free Float - FS Finish Start - SF Start Finish - SS