Definitions

Question 1

What is meant by the term ‘‘acceptance criteria’?

Answer 1

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

Question 2

What is the definition for ‘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

What is meant by the term ‘accuracy’?

Answer 3

Within the quality management system, accuracy is an assessment of correctness.

Question 4

What is meant by the term ‘acquire resources’?

Answer 4

The process of obtaining team members, facilities, equipment, materials, supplies and other resources necessary to complete project work.

Question 5

What is meant by the term ‘acquisition’?

Answer 5

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

Question 6

What is the definition for an ‘activity?

Answer 6

A distinct, scheduled portion of work performed during the course of the project.

Question 7

What is the definition for ‘activity attributes’?

Answer 7

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 8

What is the definition for an ‘activity duration?

Answer 8

The time between the start and finish of a schedule activity.

Question 9

What is the definition for ‘activity duration estimates’?

Answer 9

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

Question 10

What is the definition for an ‘activity list’?

Answer 10

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

Question 11

What is meant by the term ‘actual cost’?

Answer 11

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

Question 12

What is meant by the term ‘actual duration’?

Answer 12

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

Question 13

What is the definition of an ‘adaptive life cycle’?

Answer 13

A project lifecycle that is iterative or incremental

Question 14

What is the definition for an ‘affinity diagram’?

Answer 14

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

Question 15

What is the definition for an ‘agreement’?

Answer 15

Any document or communication that defines the initial intention of a project.
This can take the form of a contract, memorandum of understanding, letters of agreement, verbal agreements, email etc

Question 16

What is meant by the term ‘alternative analysis’?

Answer 16

A technique used to evaluate identified options in order to select the options or approaches to use to execute and perform the work of the project.

Question 17

What is analogous estimating?

Answer 17

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

Question 18

What does the term ‘analytical techniques’ mean?

Answer 18

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

Question 19

What is the definition for ‘assumption’?

Answer 19

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

Question 20

What is an assumption log?

Answer 20

A project document used to record all assumptions and constraints throughout the project life cycle.

Question 21

What is ‘attribute sampling’?

Answer 21

Method of measuring quality that consists of noting the presence (or absence)of some characteristics (attributes) in each of the units under consideration.

Question 22

What is the definition for ‘authority’?

Answer 22

The right to apply project resources, expend funds, make decisions or give approvals.

Question 23

What is resource leveling?

Answer 23

A resource optimisation technique in which adjustments are made to the project schedule to optimise the allocation of the resources and which may affect the critical path.

Question 24

What is a ‘backward pass’

Answer 24

A critical path method technique used to calculate the late start and late finish dates by working backward through the schedule model from the project end date.

Question 25

What is a project calendar?

Answer 25

A calendar that identifies working days and shifts that are available for scheduled activities.

Question 26

What is a schedule baseline?

Answer 26

An approved version of a schedule model that can only be changed through the formal change control process and is used to measure a basis for comparison to actual results.

Question 27

What is benchmarking?

Answer 27

The comparison of planned or actual processes, practices, and operations to other comparable organizations

Question 28

What is multi-criteria decision analysis?

Answer 28

Decision making tools that can be used to identify key issues and suitable alternatives to be prioritised as a set of decisions for implementation.

Question 29

What is a configuration management plan?

Answer 29

A configuration management plan is part of the project plan. It describes how information and items of the project and which information and items will be recorded. The purpose is to ensure the product, service or result of the project are consistent and operative.