PMBOK Glossary A

Question 1

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

Answer 1

Acceptance Criteria

Question 2

Products, results, or capabilities produced by a project and validated by the project customer or sponsor as meeting their specified acceptance criteria

Answer 2

Accepted Deliverables

Question 3

Within the quality management system, ______ is an assessment of correctness

Answer 3

Accuracy

Question 4

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

Answer 4

Acquire Resources

Question 5

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

Answer 5

Acquisition

Question 6

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

Answer 6

Activity

Question 7

Multiple attributes associated with each schedule activity that can be included within the activity list. ____________ include activity codes, predecessor activities, successor activities, logical relationships, leads and lags, resource requirements, imposed dates, constraints, and assumptions

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Activity Attributes

Question 8

The time in calendar units between the start and finish of a schedule activity

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Activity Duration

Question 9

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

Answer 9

Activity Duration Estimates

Question 10

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

Answer 10

Activity List

Question 11

AON

Answer 11

Activity-on-Node

Question 12

AC

Answer 12

Actual Cost

Question 13

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

Answer 13

Actual Cost (AC)

Question 14

The time in calendar units 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

Answer 14

Actual Duration

Question 15

A project life cycle that is iterative or incremental

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Adaptive Life Cycle

Question 16

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

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Affinity Diagrams

Question 17

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

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Agreements

Question 18

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

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Alternative Analysis

Question 19

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

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Analogous Estimating

Question 20

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

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Analytical Techniques

Question 21

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

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Assumption

Question 22

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

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Assumption Log

Question 23

Method of measuring quality that consists of noting the presence (or absence) of some characteristic (attribute) in each of the units under consideration

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Attribute Sampling

Question 24

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

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Authority