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Question 1

Acceptance Criteria

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

Question 2

Accepted Deliverables

Answer 2

Products, results, or capabilities produced by a project and validated by the project customer or sponsors as meeting their specified acceptance criteria.

Question 3

Accuracy

Answer 3

Within the quality management system; an assessment of correctness

Question 4

Acquire Project Team

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The process of confirming human resource availability and obtain the team necessary to complete project activities.

Question 5

Acquisition

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Obtaining human and material resources necessary to perform project activities. Acquisition implies a cost of resources, and not necessarily financial

Question 6

Activity Attributes

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Multiple attributes associated with each schedule activity that can be included within the activity list. Activity attributes include activity codes, predecessor activities, successor activities, logical relationships, leads and lags, resource requirements, imposed dates, constraints, and assumptions.

Question 7

Activity Code

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One or more numerical or text values that identify characteristics of the work or in some way categorize the schedule activity that allows filtering and ordering of activities within reports.

Question 8

Activity Cost Estimates

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The projected cost of the schedule activity that includes the cost for all resources required to perform the complete the activity, including all cost types and cost components

Question 9

Activity Duration

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The Time in calendar units between the start and finish of a schedule activity. (refer to duration)

Question 10

Activity Duration Estimates

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The quantitative assessments of the likely number of time periods that are required to complete an activity

Question 11

Activity Identifier

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A short unique numeric or text identification assigned to each schedule activity to differentiate that project activity form other activities. Typically unique within any one project schedule network diagram

Question 12

Activity list

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A documented tabulation of schedule activities that shows the activity description, activity identifier, and a sufficiently detailed scope of work description so project team members understand what work is to be performed

Question 13

Activity network Diagrams

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Similar to Project schedule network diagrams. A graphical representation of the logical relationships among the project schedule activities

Question 14

Activity-On-Node

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Similar to Precedence diagramming method; 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

Question 15

Activity Resource Requirements

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The types and quantities of resources required for each activity in a work package

Question 16

Actual Cost (AC)

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

Question 17

Actual Duration

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The time in calendar units between the actual start date of the schedule activity and either the data date of the project schedule id the schedule activity is in progress or the actual finish date if the schedule activity is complete

Question 18

Adaptive Life Cycle

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A project life-cycle, Also known as change-driven or agile methods, that is intended to facilitate change and require a high degree of ongoing stakeholder involvement. Adaptive life cycles are also iterative and incremental, but differ in that iterations are very rapid (2-4 weeks typical) and are fixed in time and resources.

Question 19

Additional Quality Planning Tools

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A set of tools used to define the quality requirements and to plan effective quality management activities. They include but are not limited to: brainstorming, force filed analysis, nominal group techniques and quality management and control tools.

Question 20

Adjusting Leads and Lags

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a technique used to find ways to bring project activities that are behind into alignment with plan during project execution

Question 21

Advertising

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the process of calling public attention to a project or effort

Question 22

Affinity Diagram

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A group creativity technique that allows large numbers of ideas to be classified into groups for review and analysis

Question 23

Agreements

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Any documents or communication that defines the initial intentions of a project. This can take the form of a contract, memorandum of understanding (MOU), letters of agreement, verbal agreements, email, etc.

Question 24

Alternative Analysis

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a technique used to evaluate identified options in order to select which option or approaches to use to execute and perform the work of projects

Question 25

Alternatives Generation

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A technique used to develop as many potential options as possible in order to identify different approaches to execute and perform the work of the project

Question 26

Analogous Estimating

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

Question 27

Analytical Techniques

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Various techniques used to evaluate, analyze, or forecast potential outcomes based on possible variations of project or environmental variables and their relationships with other variables

Question 28

Application Area

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a category of projects that have common components significant in such projects but are not needed or present in all projects. Usually defined in terms of either product, customer type, or industry sector.

Question 29

Applying leads and lags

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technique used to adjust the amount of time between predecessor and successor activities

Question 30

apportioned effort

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an activity where effort is allotted proportionately across certain discrete efforts and not divisible into discrete efforts.

Question 31

approved change request

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a change request that has been processed through the integrated change control process and approved

Question 32

approved change requests review

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a review of the change requests to verify that these were implemented as approved

Question 33

assumption

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a factor in the planning process that is considered true, real or certain, without proof or demonstration

Question 34

assumptions analysis

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a technique that explores the accuracy of assumptions and identifies risks to the project from inaccuracies, inconsistency, or incompleteness of assumptions

Question 35

attribute sampling

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method of measuring quality that consists of noting the presence or absence of some attribute in each of the units under consideration. after each inspection, it is decided to accept the lot, reject the lot, or inspect another unit.

Question 36

authority

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the right to apply resources, expand funds, make decisions, or give approvals

Question 37

backlog

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a listing of product requirements and deliverables to be completed, written as stories, and prioritized and managed by business

Question 38

backward pass

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a critical path method technique for calculating the late start and late finish dates by working backward through the schedule model from project end date.

Question 39

Bar chart

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a graphic display of schedule related information. typical format is components listed on the “y” access, time scal on the “x” axis and bars representing duration of each component or process.

Question 40

baseline

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approved version of work product that can be changed only through formal change control procedures and and used for basis comparison

Question 41

basis of estimates

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supporting documentation outlining the details used in establishing project estimates.

Question 42

benchmarking

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comparison of actual or planned practices, such as processes and operations to those of comparable organizations to identify best practices, generate ideas cor improvement, and provide basis for measuring performance.

Question 43

bidder conference

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meetings with prospective sellers prior to the preparation of a bid or proposal to ensure all prospective vendors have a clear and common understanding of the procurement. Also known as contract conferences, vendor conferences, or pre-bid conferences

Question 44

bottom-up estimating

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

Question 45

brainstorming

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a general data gathering and creativity technique that can be used to identify risks, ideas, or solutions to issues by using a group of team members or subject matter experts.

Question 46

budget at completion (BAC)

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sum of all budgets established for the work to be performed

Question 47

business case

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documented economic feasibility study used to establish validity of the benefits of a selected component lacking sufficient definition and that is used as a basis for the authorization of further project management activities

Question 48

business value

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a concept that is unique to each organization and includes tangible and intangible elements (which provide value to clients or customers)

Question 49

buyer

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the acquirer of products services or results for an organization

Question 50

cause and effect diagram

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decomposition technique that helps trace an undesirable effect back to its root cause