PMBOK Glossary A Flashcards
A set of conditions that is required to be met before deliverables are accepted
Acceptance Criteria
Products, results, or capabilities produced by a project and validated by the project customer or sponsor as meeting their specified acceptance criteria
Accepted Deliverables
Within the quality management system, ______ is an assessment of correctness
Accuracy
The process of obtaining team members, facilities, equipment, materials, supplies, and other resources necessary to complete project work
Acquire Resources
Obtaining human and material resources necessary to perform project activities. ______ implies a cost of resources, and is not necessarily financial
Acquisition
A distinct, scheduled portion of work performed during the course of a project
Activity
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
Activity Attributes
The time in calendar units between the start and finish of a schedule activity
Activity Duration
The quantitative assessments of the likely number of time periods that are required to complete an activity
Activity Duration Estimates
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
Activity List
AON
Activity-on-Node
AC
Actual Cost
The realized cost incurred for the work performed on an activity during a specific time period
Actual Cost (AC)
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
Actual Duration
A project life cycle that is iterative or incremental
Adaptive Life Cycle
A technique that allows large numbers of ideas to be classified into groups for review and analysis
Affinity Diagrams
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.
Agreements
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
Alternative Analysis
A technique for estimating the duration or cost of an activity or a project using historical data from a similar activity or project
Analogous Estimating
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
Analytical Techniques
A factor in the planning process that is considered to be true, real, or certain, without proof or demonstration
Assumption
A project document used to record all assumptions and constraints throughout the project life cycle
Assumption Log
Method of measuring quality that consists of noting the presence (or absence) of some characteristic (attribute) in each of the units under consideration
Attribute Sampling
The right to apply project resources, expend funds, make decisions, or give approvals
Authority
