Course 3 Google PMP_Vocab Flashcards
Backward pass
Refers to starting with a final task or milestone and moving backwards through the schedule to determine the shortest path
Baseline
The dollar amount used to measure against to find out whether a project is on track or not and to measure the success of the project
Baseline a budget
The act of creating a fixed reference point of spending to measure and compare a project’s progress against
Bottom-up approach
Thinking about all the parts of a project from the beginning to the end–including making a list of anything that comes with an associated cost–and adding all of it together
Budget
The estimated monetary resources needed to achieve the project’s goals and objectives
Budget pre-allocation
A situation where a budget is set before the project begins
Budget risk
The possibility that the costs of a project will increase due to poor planning or expanding the project’s scope
Buffer
Extra time added to the end of a task or project to account for unexpected slowdowns or delays in work progress
Capacity
The amount of work that the people or resources assigned to the project can reasonably complete in a set period of time
Capacity planning
Refers to the act of allocating people and resources to project tasks and determining whether the necessary resources required to complete the work on time have been acquired
CAPEX
Capital expenses; refers to expenses which businesses incur to create a benefit in the future
Cash flow
The inflow and outflow of cash on a project
Cause-and-effect diagram
A visual that shows the possible causes of an event or risk; also known as a fishbone diagram
Communication
The flow of information; includes everything that’s shared, how it’s shared, and with whom
Communication plan
A document that organizes the process, types, and expectations of communications for a project
Contingency budget
Money that is included to cover potentially unforeseen events that aren’t accounted for in a cost estimate
Contingency reserves
Money added to the estimated project cost to manage identified risks
Cost of quality
Costs that are incurred to prevent issues with products, processes, or tasks
Cost performance index (CPI)
The ratio of the percentage complete to the actual costs
Cost variance (CV)
The difference between the amount of budget expected to be spent on versus what is actually spent for work completed at a point in time
Critical path
The list of project milestones that must be reached in order to meet the project goal on schedule, as well as the mandatory tasks that contribute to the completion of each milestone
Decision tree
A flowchart that helps visualize the wider impact of a decision on the rest of a project
Dependency
A relationship between two project tasks, where the start or completion of one depends on the start or completion of the other
Dependency graph
A visual representing the dependencies in the flow of work during a project