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Planned Value (PV)

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Budgeted value of work planned to be done at a given time

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Earned Value (EV)

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Budgeted value of work actually completed

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Actual Cost (AC)

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Actual cost of work completed

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Budget at Completion (BAC)

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The original cost baseline

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Estimate at Completion (EAC)

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Expected total project cost (forecasted based on performance to date)

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Estimate to Completion (ETC)

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Expected remaining cost (now until project completion)

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Variance at Completion (VAC)

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Expected variance over/under budget

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Cost Variance (CV) Formula

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EV - AC; Negative is bad, positive is good, zero is on budget

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SV Schedule Variance (SV) Formula

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EV - PV; Negative is bad, positive is good, zero is on budget

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Cost Performance Index (CPI) Formula

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EV/AC; Under 1 is bad; over 1 is good; exactly 1 is on budget

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Schedule Performance Index (SPI) Formula

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EV/PV; Under 1 is bad; over 1 is good; exactly 1 is on schedule

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Estimate at Completion (EAC) Formula

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AC + (BAC-EV) AC plus work remaining, use budget rate (VARIANCES ATYPICAL);
BAC/CPI assumes same rate of spending will continue (VARIANCES TYPICAL);
AC + [(BAC-EV)/(CPI*SPI)] Assumes current cost and scheduled performance will continue

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Estimate to Completion (ETC) Formula

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EAC - AC; Expected cost of work remaining

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Variance at Completion (VAC) Formula

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BAC - EAC; Negative is bad, positive is good, zero is on budget

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To Complete Performance Index (TCPI)

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(BAC-EV)/(BAC-AC); CPI needed to compete project within budget;

(BAC-EV)/(EAC - AC); CPI needed to hit EAC - assuming original budget unachievable

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How is float determined?

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The float (AKA slack) is determined by Late Finish (LF) - Early Finish (EF)

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What is critical path?

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The critical path is the longest duration path through the network diagram. Any delays along the critical path will delay the project. The tasks that have float can be delayed by the amount of float and not delay the project.

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Enterprise Environmental Factors (EEF)

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the environment you work in that can impact your project; corporate culture, industry standards, infrastructure, political climate; market conditions, etc.

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Organizational Process Assets (OPA)

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any documented processes and procedures; corporate knowledge base (e.g. project archives); organizational knowledge repositories

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What is a project life cycle?

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Series of phases a project passes through from start to finish

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What is tailoring?

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The appropriate combination of processes, inputs, tools, techniques, outputs and life cycle phases to manage a project

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What is a project?

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a temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product, service or result

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What is project initiation context?

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initiated in response to business factors broken down into four categories: regulatory/legal, stakeholder needs, business change/tech strategies, build/improve products, processes or services

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What is project management?

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application of knowledge, skills, tools, techniques, to project activities to meet project requirements effectively and efficiently while integration PM processes

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What is a program?
a group of related projects coordinated to allow for more control
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What is a portfolio?
a collection of projects and programs aligned to achieve strategic business objectives
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What are phases?
a group of related project activities allowing for more control and often completes major deliverables; may leverage a phase gate at the end to validate performance and progress
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What is organizational project management?
the alignment of projects, programs, and portfolios and aligning them to strategic organizational goals
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What is performance measurement baseline?
the original approved plan plus/minus all approved changes; the current approved version of the plan
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What is a system?
a set of formal policies, procedures, rules or processes that defines how things are done
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What is progressive elaboration?
an iterative approach (to planning) of increasing the level of detail in the plan as greater amounts of information or more accurate estimates become available; plans are created in multiple passes rather than all at once
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What is historical information?
documents or data from previous projects which are used to assist in future project decisions
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What is a functional organization structure?
a departmentalized structure where employees work for only one manager; project manager has little or no power
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What is a matrix organization structure?
employees report to both a functional manager and a project manager (power is shared)
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PM has little power, functional manager has most of the power
weak matrix
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PM has moderate power
balanced matrix
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PM nearly has full power, functional manager has little power
strong matrix
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What type of structure does the PM have little or no power?
Organic or simple, functional, multi-divisional
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What type of structure does the PM have total power?
Project oriented Organization Structure
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What is Project-oriented Organization Structure?
employees work directly for and report only to the project manager; project manager has full power and authority
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What is a stakeholder?
a person or organization actively involved in the project, or whose interests may be positively or negatively impacted by the project, or who might exert influence over the project
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What is a business case?
Reasons to do a project - market demand, business need or strategic opportunity, customer request, technological advance, legal requirement, ecological impact, social need
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What is a project manager?
tasked with achieving the project objectives; lead person responsible for communicating with all stakeholders including sponsor; may report to a functional manager or program or portfolio manager
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Organizational structure types
FUNCTIONAL, MATRIX (3 types), multi-divisional, PROJECT-ORIENTED, virtual, hybrid, PMO, organic
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What is the role of the PM?
leadership; competencies (technical, leadership, strategic/business management); performing integration tasks
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Who is the project team?
"worker bees"; the PM, the PM team and the team members
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Responsibilities of the project team
carry out the work; collaborate with PM to determine which processes are needed AKA tailoring, prepare estimates, initially resolve interpersonal conflict, develop or contribute to development of team charter
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Who is the project management team?
A subset of the Project team that is directly responsible for the project management and leadership activities of the project
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What are the project selection models?
Mathematical approach; | Comparative approach
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What are types of mathematical approaches?
linear programming; integer programming; dynamic programming; multi-objective programming
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What are types of comparative approaches?
Scoring models (MDMP -> weighted criteria and select highest output), peer review (PROS vs CONS), murder boards (intense peer reviews), economic models (Benefit - Cost analysis, payback period, discounted cash flows, Net Present Value (value of money over time), Internal Rate of Return (IRR)
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Economic models (comparative approaches): What is benefit-cost analysis?
compares the project benefits to the costs to derive a ratio from which a decision can be made
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Economic models (comparative approaches): What is payback period?
Number of periods required to recover a project's cost
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Economic models (comparative approaches): What is discounted cash flows?
Calculates in today's (discounted) terms what the value of a project would be given cash inflows and/or outflows over a period of time
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Economic models (comparative approaches): What is Present Value (PV)?
Formula calculates the value today of a future cash flow (income)
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Present Value (PV) formula
PV = FV / (1 + i)^n
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Economic models (comparative approaches): What is Net Present Value?
The sum of a series of discounted future cash flows, offset against initial investment
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Economic models (comparative approaches): What is Internal Rate of Return (IRR)?
The discount interest rate when NPV equals zero; always choose the project with the highest positive IRR; reject negative.
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Net Present Value (NPV) Formula
Sum of [Future Cash Flows / (1 + i)^n] - initial costs
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Define sunk costs
project costs spend to date
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Define working capital
current assets minus current liabilities
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(2) types of depreciation
straight - line (same amount each year), accelerated (ex. buying a car)
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Define constraint
a factor that limits the project team's options; any restriction placed on the project (ex. include: resources, schedule, budget, scope, etc)
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Define requirement
condition or capability that is required to be present in product/service/result, satisfy an agreement or other formally imposed specification
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Define Opportunity cost
The potential benefit sacrificed by selecting a different course of action. *Select lower number
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Project selection methods: values should be as high as possible when selecting between projects:
Benefit-cost ratio; NPV; IRR; Return on investment (ROI)
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Project selection methods: values should be as low as possible when selecting between projects:
Opportunity Cost; | Payback Period
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How many processes are there?
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Define process
series of activities directed towards causing an end result; one or more inputs create one or more outputs
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Each individual process has:
inputs, tools, techniques, and outputs
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What is a tool?
often something tangible, such as a template, chart or software program; usual used in performing an activity to produce a product or results
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What is an input?
any item required by a process before process proceeds
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What is a technique?
a defined, systematic procedure to perform an activity and may employ one or more tools
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What is an output?
A product, service, or result generated by a process
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What is a process group?
logically-grouped sub-sets of project management processes (which do not always occur sequentially)

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