9 - Project Integration Management Terminology Flashcards
Approved Change Request
A modification request that has been authorized as a result of undergoing the integrated change control process.
Approved Change Requests Review
Audit of the implementation of approved modifications to ensure they function as intended.
Assumption
A premise considered to be true without benefit of proof.
Assumptions Analysis
The evaluation of project assumptions used to determine the risks that could be incurred as a result of the inexact, fragmentary, or unpredictable nature of the assumptions.
Baseline
The agreed upon level of work (or other variable) used as a basis for comparison; once established, any changes must be authorized through formal change control procedures.
Benefits Management Plan
A component of the project management plan that details the manner in which the benefits provided by a project or program are created, maximized, and sustained.
Business Case
A document that attempts to prove the economic feasibility of a business idea, such as a product or service, to justify the project.
Business Value
An abstraction that includes tangible and intangible elements associated with project, program, and portfolio management that maximize the value to the organization.
Change
A modification to any deliverable, project management plan component, or project document subject to the formal change control process.
Change Control
The process of determining, documenting, reviewing, and then approving or rejecting any proposed modifications to project documentation, deliverables, or baselines.
Change Control Board (CCB)
The group accountable for considering, appraising, and making decisions about (approval, postponement, or rejection) proposed project changes and for documenting and communicating those decisions.
Change Control System
The procedures that govern modifications to project documents, deliverables, and baselines.
Change Control Tools
Tools associated with modification and configuration management.
Change Log
A list of proposed project modifications and their associated details including description, date, requester, and status.
Change Management Plan
A plan that defines the project change management process.
Change Request
A formal solicitation for a project modification that relates to the approach to, or outcome of, the project.
Close Project or Phase
The process of completing each activity across all process groups in order to finalize a project or phase.
Configuration Management
A process which verifies that the products of the project are complete and accurate.
Configuration Management System
A subsystem within the project management system that is comprised of documented procedures that delineate the method by which the attributes of a product, result, service, or component of a project are determined; attribute changes are controlled via authorization rules and a tracking system; conformance requirements can be corroborated through audit.
Constraint
An internal or external limitation of the project.
Corrective Action
An action to bring project work performance into alignment with the project management plan.
Data
Discrete, unordered, unprocessed metrics or raw observations.
Data Analysis Techniques
Techniques used to order, assess, and evaluate data and information.
Data Gathering Techniques
Techniques utilized to amass data and information from diverse sources.
Data Representation Techniques
Approaches, especially the creation of graphical representations, utilized to communicate data and information.
Deliverable
Any product, result, or service that must be generated to complete a process, phase, or project.
Develop Project Charter
The process of evolving the document that authorizes the project and authorizes the project manager to employ organizational resources to do the work of the project.
Develop Project Management Plan
The process of specifying, creating or adapting, reconciling, and integrating applicable management and other planning documents into one comprehensive document.
Development Approach
The method (predictive, iterative, incremental, agile, or hybrid) utilized during the project life cycle to produce and elaborate the product, service, or result of the project.
Direct and Manage Project Work
The process of administering the execution of the project management plan.
Enterprise Environmental Factors
Internal and external variables, not under the control of the project team, that impact the project.
Expert Judgment
The opinion of an authority on a project-related subject.
Explicit Knowledge
Knowledge that can be classified utilizing such symbols as words, numerals, and images.
Formal Acceptance
Attaining signature for a piece of the project or the complete project, where the signature represents completion or closure of the project or that piece of the project.
Historical Information
Documented data from prior projects consulted as a learning tool.
Information
Ordered data that has been processed to be meaningful, significant, and utilitarian in specific contexts.
Information Management System
A system that collects, stores, and distributes data to project stakeholders; data format may be physical or electronic.
Initiation
Commitment from the sponsor and organization to start a project or to continue it to the next phase.
Knowledge
The composite of experience, values and beliefs, contextual information, intuition, and insight that people employ in an attempt to make sense of new experiences and information.
Lessons Learned
The knowledge of what worked and what didn’t work during a project.
Lessons Learned Register
A project document utilized to record knowledge gained, both positive and negative, during the project; the information contained in register can be used in the current project and entered into the lessons learned repository for use with future projects.
Lessons Learned Repository
A container, typically electronic, for storing historical information about lessons learned during the performance of project work.
Manage Project Knowledge
The process of utilizing existing knowledge and producing new knowledge to achieve a project’s goals and contribute to organizational knowledge.
Market Research
The process of gathering information about customers or markets.
Objective
A goal that the project is expected to accomplish; the goal could be related to a strategic position, purpose, result, service, or product.
Organizational Process Assets
The process-related assets of the performing organization including, but not limited to, procedures, processes, policies, knowledge bases, templates, documentation, and plans.
Payback Period
The amount of time needed to recover the investment in the project.
Perform Integrated Change Control
The process of determining, recording, and approving or rejecting changes to project documentation, deliverables, or baselines.
Project Archives
A set of records that correctly describe and document the history of the project.
Project Charter
An instrument issued by the project sponsor or initiator that approves the existence of the project and authorizes the project manager to assign resources held by the organization to project activities.
Project Integration Management
The processes and activities required to determine, depict, conjoin, unify, and reconcile project management processes and activities.
Project Management Information System (PMIS)
A system, either manual or automated, comprised of the tools and techniques used to amass, incorporate, and disseminate the results of project management processes in order to reinforce all facets of the project.
Project Management Plan
The cumulative document, containing all management plans and other planning documents, that serves as the blueprint for realizing the objectives of the project.
Requested Change
A formal request for change that is submitted to the integrated change control process.
Result
The consequence of completing a series of activities or processes; examples include outcomes and documents.
Return on Investment (ROI)
The amount of income from an investment; income divided by the investment.
Sponsoring Organization
The entity that has the responsibility of providing the project’s sponsor and acting as a conduit for project funding or other project resources.
Strategic Planning
Long-term planning by a company (usually three to five years in the future).
System
An integrated set of pieces used to achieve a specific project goal; could be an actual process or management process, or some mix of both approaches.
Technical Performance Measurement
A measurement approach that compares what was technically created in the project to what the project management plan shows should have been created.
Update
A modification to any deliverable, project management plan component, or project document that has not been subjected to the formal change control process.
Weighted Scoring Mode
A project selection technique based on criteria that have been weighted in terms of importance; selection criteria is determined and assigned a relative percentage, each project receives a total score based on the weighted value of its criteria, and the project with the highest score is selected.
Work Authorization
The authorization to begin work on an activity, work package, or control account at the correct time, by the correct entity, and in the correct progression.
Work Authorization System
A subsystem within the project management system that is comprised of documented procedures that delineate the method by which project work is authorized so that it will be done at the correct time, by the correct entity, and in the correct progression.
Work Performance Data
Measurements or statistics related to the execution of project work.
Work Performance Information
The evaluation and integration of project execution statistics and measurements gathered from control processes.
