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Course 2 Google PMP_Vocab Flashcards

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Adoption

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Refers to how the customer uses and adapts a product or service without any issues

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Asana

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A work management platform that helps teams plan and coordinate their work; useful for building project plans, assigning tasks, automating workflows, tracking progress, and communicating with stakeholders

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Benchmark

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A point of reference

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Benefits

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Expected gains of a project

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Budget

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An estimate of the amount of money a project will cost to complete

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Business case

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The reason for initiating a project

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Collaboration tools

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Tools used to quickly and efficiently check in with team members on questions, comments, and other topics related to a project

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Conditional formatting

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A feature that adds automatic color coding to cells in a spreadsheet

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Cost-benefit analysis

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The process of adding up the expected value of a project—the benefits—and comparing them to the dollar costs

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Customers

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The people who will get some value from a successfully-landed project

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Data validation

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A feature that adds dropdown lists to cells in a spreadsheet

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Deliverable

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A tangible outcome from a project; what gets produced or presented at the end of a task, event, or process

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Docs

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A digital word processing application

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Engagement

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Refers to how often or meaningful customer interaction and participation is over time

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Function

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A feature that generates formulas which can be used to manipulate data and perform calculations in a spreadsheet

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Gantt chart

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A horizontal bar chart that illustrates a project’s tasks, with clear breakdowns of who’s responsible for the work and when those tasks are due

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Header

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The top cell or cells in a column in a spreadsheet

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Influence

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Measures how much power a stakeholder has and how much the stakeholder’s actions affect the project outcome

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Initiation

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The first phase within the project life cycle, followed by planning, executing, and closing

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In-scope

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Tasks that are included in the project plan and contribute to the project’s goal

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Intangible benefits

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Gains that are not measurable or quantifiable, such as customer or employee satisfaction or brand recognition

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Intangible costs

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A cost that cannot easily be quantified, such as loss of employee morale or brand damage.

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Interest

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Refers to how much the needs of the stakeholder will be affected by project outcomes

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Key results

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The part of an OKR that describes measurable outcomes that objectively define when the objective has been met

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Key stakeholders

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The people with the highest amount of influence on and interest in a project; also called “key players”

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Land

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To measure the success of a project using the success criteria established at the outset of the project

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Launch

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To deliver the final result of a project to the client or user

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Materials

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Items needed to help get the project done

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Metrics

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Data used to measure something, like numbers or figures

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Objective

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The part of an OKR that defines what needs to be achieved and describes a desired outcome

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Objectives and key results (OKRs)

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A combination of a goal and a metric to determine a measurable outcome

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Out-of-scope

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Tasks that are not included in the project plan and don’t contribute to the project’s goal

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Pivot table

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A basic analysis tool used to summarize data and show the relationships between data points, making it easier to understand the information contained in a spreadsheet

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Power grid

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A two-by-two grid used for conducting a stakeholder analysis; shows stakeholder interest in the project versus their influence over the project

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Primary stakeholders

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People who will benefit directly from a project’s success

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Productivity tools

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Tools used to manage project tasks, including word processing software, spreadsheets, and presentations

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Project charter

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A document that clearly defines the key details of a project

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Project goal

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The desired outcome of a project

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Project manager

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The person who plans, organizes, and oversees the whole project

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Project proposal

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Documentation written at the beginning of a project; kicks off the initiation phase by influencing and persuading the company to move forward with the project

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Project sponsor

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The person who’s accountable for the project and who ensures the project delivers the agreed-upon business benefits

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RACI chart

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A visual that helps to define roles and responsibilities for individuals or teams to ensure work gets done efficiently; lists who is “responsible,” “accountable,” “consulted,” and “informed” for project tasks

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Return on investment (ROI)

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A metric used to calculate the return on an investment relative to its cost.

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Resources

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The budget, people, materials, and other items needed for a project

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Scheduling and work management software

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Tools used for assigning tasks to multiple teammates and for tracking and visualizing progress; most useful for bigger projects with a larger number of tasks and a bigger team of people to manage

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Scope

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The boundaries of a project; an agreed-upon understanding as to what is included or excluded from a project

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Scope creep

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Changes, growth, and uncontrolled factors that affect a project’s scope at any point after the project begins

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Scope management

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Understanding and negotiating how changes will be evaluated, accepted, and performed

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Silo

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A situation in which the knowledge and responsibility for a task falls on one person

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Secondary stakeholders

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People who are indirectly impacted by a project’s success

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Slides

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Google’s digital presentation application

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SMART goals

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A method to evaluate goals; states that goals should be “specific,” “measurable,” “attainable,” “relevant,” and “time-bound”

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Spreadsheet

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A tool used for organizing, transforming, visualizing, and manipulating information; useful for a wide range of tasks, such as creating timelines, building charts, managing budgets, and tracking tasks

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Stakes

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The important parts of a business, situation, or project that might be at risk if something goes wrong

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Stakeholders

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Anyone involved in the project who has a vested interest in the project’s success

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Stakeholder analysis

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A visual representation of all the stakeholders that illustrates which stakeholders are taking on which responsibilities; also called “stakeholder mapping”

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Stakeholder buy-in

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The process of involving stakeholders in decision-making to hopefully reach a broader consensus on the organization’s future

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Steering committee

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The most senior decision-making body on any project; they have the authority to make changes to the budget and approve updates to the timeline or scope

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Success criteria

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The standards that measure how successful a project was in reaching its goals

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Team members

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The people doing the day-to-day work and making the project happen

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Tools

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Aids that make it easier for a project manager or team to manage resources and organize work

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Triple constraint

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The combination of the three most significant restrictions of any project

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