CAPM Terms 2 Flashcards
Root cause identification
• Root cause identification aims to find out why a risk event may be occurring, the causal factors for the risk events, and then, eventually, how the events can be mitigated or eliminated.
Rough order of magnitude
• This rough estimate is used during the initiating processes and in top-down estimates. The range of variance for the estimate can be from –25 percent to +75 percent.
Rule of seven
• A component of a control chart that illustrates the results of seven measurements on one side of the mean, which is considered “out of control” in the project.
Run chart
• A quality control tool that shows the results of inspection in the order in which they’ve occurred. The goal of a run chart is first to demonstrate the results of a process over time and then to use trend analysis to predict when certain trends may reemerge.
Satisfaction
• The feeling of workers when their needs are fulfilled. Known as motivators.
Scatter diagram
• A quality control tool that tracks the relationship between two variables over time. The two variables are considered related the closer they track against a diagonal line.
Schedule baseline
• This is the planned start and finish of the project. The comparison of what was planned and what was experienced is the schedule variance.
Schedule management plan
• Defines how the project schedule will be created and managed. • A subsidiary plan in the project management plan. It defines how the project schedule will be created, estimated, controlled, and managed.
Schedule milestones
• The project customer may have specific dates when phases of the project should be completed. These milestones are often treated as project constraints.
Schedule Performance Index (SPI)
• Measures the project based on its schedule performance. The formula is SPI = EV/PV.
Schedule Variance (SV)
• The difference between the earned value and the planned value. • The formula is SV = EV –PV.
Scope baseline
• The scope baseline is a combination of three project documents: the project scope statement, the work breakdown structure, and the WBS dictionary. The creation of the project deliverable will be measured against the scope baseline to show any variances from what was expected and what the project team has created.
Scope creep
• The uncontrolled changes or growth in a project’s scope which goes beyond the initial agreement. • Undocumented, unapproved changes to the project scope.
Scope validation
• The formal inspection of the project deliverables, which leads to project acceptance.
Scoring models
• These models use a common set of values for all of the projects up for selection. For example, values can be profitability, complexity, customer demand, and so on.
Screening system
• A tool that filters or screens out vendors that don’t qualify for the contract.
Scrum
• A popular agile methodology.
Scrum of scrums
• Meetings used to organize large projects with scrum masters from different teams.
Scum master
• The leader that helps the team to follow Scrum methodology.
Secondary risks
• New risks that are created as a result of a risk response.
Self-directing team
• This team has the capability to make their own decisions, empowerment, mutual accountability, and collective ownership of a project, which leads them to be more productive and efficient.
Self-organizing team
• Naturally formed teams that interact with minimal management supervision.
Seller rating systems
• These are used by organizations to rate prior experience with each vendor that they have worked with in the past. The seller rating system can track performance, quality ratings, delivery, and even contract compliance.
Sender
• The person who is sending the message.
Sender-receiver models
• Communication requires a sender and a receiver. Within this model may be multiple avenues to complete the flow of communication, but barriers to effective communication may be present as well. • Feedback loops and barriers to communications.
Sensitivity analysis
• A quantitative risk analysis tool that examines each risk to determine which one has the largest impact on the project’s success.
Servant leadership
• The leader puts others first and focuses on the needs of the people he serves. Servant leaders provide opportunity for growth, education, autonomy within the project, and the well-being of others. The primary focus of servant leadership is service to others.
Seven basic quality tools
• These seven tools are used in quality planning and in quality control: cause-and-effect diagrams, flowcharts, check sheets, Pareto diagrams, histograms, control charts, and scatter diagrams.
Sharing
• A risk response that shares the advantages of a positive risk within a project.
Shu-Ha-Ri Model
• Originated in Japan as a way to understand learning and mastery, Shu –obeying the rules, Ha - consciously moving away from the rules, and Ri –consciously finding an individual path.
Silo
• Work that is isolated.
Single source
• Many vendors can provide what your project needs to purchase, but you prefer to work with a specific vendor.
Situational power
• The project manager has power because of certain situations in the organization.
Smoothing
• This approach smooths out the conflict by minimizing the perceived size of the problem. It is a temporary solution, but can calm team relations and boisterous discussions.
Social media-based communication
• Communication used conveniently to receive instant feedback, ideas, and requirements from a particular community.
Soft logic
• The activities don’t necessarily have to happen in a specific order. For example, you could install the light fixtures first, then the carpet, and then paint the room. The project manager could use soft logic to change the order of the activities if so desired.
Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
• This cycle tends to be long and requires a lot of advanced planning.
Sole source
• Only one vendor can provide what your project needs to purchase. Examples include a specific consultant, specialized service, or unique type of material.
Special Cause
• A cause that occurs once because of special reasons.
Specification breakdown
• This occurs when requirements for the specification are incomplete or conflicting.
Spike
• An experiment that helps a team answer a particular question and determine future actions.
Sprint
• A consistent iteration that lasts from one week to one month in order to measure velocity in Scrum.
Sprint plan
• A document that explains sprint goals, tasks, and requirements and how the tasks will reach completion.
Sprint retrospective
• A team-member meeting that occurs after each sprint to evaluate the product and process to improve efficiency and effectiveness.
Sprint review
• A meeting that occurs after each sprint to show the product or process to stakeholders for approval and to receive feedback.
Stakeholder
• Anyone who is affected by the existence of the project or who can affect the project’s existence. Stakeholders can enter and exit the project as conditions change within the project.
Stakeholder analysis
• A scope definition process where the project management team interviews the stakeholders and categorizes, prioritizes, and documents what the project customer wants and needs. The analysis is to determine, quantify, and prioritize the interests of the stakeholders. Stakeholder analysis demands quantification of stakeholder objectives; goals such as “good,” “satisfaction,” and “speedy” aren’t quantifiable. • An activity that ranks stakeholders based on their influence, interests, and expectations of the project. Stakeholders are identified and ranked, and then their needs and expectations are documented and addressed.
Stakeholder classification models
• These are charts and diagrams that help the project manager determine the influence of stakeholders in relation to their interest in the project. Common classification models include the power/interest grid, the power/influence grid, the influence/impact grid, and the salience model.
Stakeholder engagement
• The project manager works to keep the project stakeholders interested, involved, and supportive of the project. Through communication, management skills, and interpersonal skills, the project manager can work to keep the project stakeholders engaged and interested in the project.
Stakeholder engagement plan
• The stakeholder engagement plan documents a strategy for managing the engagement of project stakeholders. The stakeholder engagement plan establishes stakeholder engagement and defines how the project manager can increase and improve stakeholder engagement.
Stakeholder engagement planning
• The project manager works with the project team and subject matter experts to create a strategy to manage the project stakeholders.
Stakeholder identification
• A project initiation activity to identify, document, and classify the project stakeholders as early as possible in the project.
Stakeholder management
• The project management knowledge area that focuses on the management and engagement of the project stakeholders. There are four processes in this knowledge area: identify stakeholders, plan stakeholder management, manage stakeholder engagement, and monitor stakeholder engagement.
Stakeholder notifications
• Notices to the stakeholders about resolved issues, approved changes, and the overall health of the project.
Stakeholder register
• A documentation of each stakeholder’s contact information, position, concerns, interests, and attitude toward the project. The project manager updates the register as new stakeholders are identified and when stakeholders leave the project.
Start-to-finish
• An activity relationship that requires an activity to start so that its successor can finish. This is the most unusual of all the activity relationship types.
Start-to-start
• An activity relationship type that requires the current activity to start before its successor can start.
Statistical sampling
• A process of choosing a percentage of results at random. For example, a project creating a medical device may have 20 percent of all units randomly selected to check for quality.
Status review meeting
• A regularly scheduled meeting to discuss the status of the project and its progress toward completing the project scope statement.
Story card
• An index card that displays the user story.