Predictive PMP Terms Flashcards
8/80 Rule
each work package should take between 8 hours and 80 hours in order to avoid work packages being too narrow or too broad
Accelerated Depreciation
depreciates faster than straight-line depreciation
Acceptance Response
passively accepting a threat or opportunity (risk) by doing nothing other than creating a contingency plan and allocating time and cost reserves
Acceptance Terms and Conditions
in a contract, how you will know work is acceptable
Acceptance Test
- represents some expected result from the system
- customers are responsible for verifying the correctness of the acceptance tests and reviewing test scores to decide which failed tests are of highest priority
Acknowledgement
- in the communication model, confirmation of receipt of a message
- does not indicate agreement with message
Active Job Shadowing
shadow employee and ask questions or try work to gather requirements
Activity
- a particular piece of work scheduled for a project
- you should expect to manage to the activity level as a project manager
Activity-on-Node (AON)
- type of network diagram that shows flow of project with precedence diagramming method
- predecessors are upstream and successors are downstream
- activities are nodes that are connected with arrows
Actual Cost
as of today, what is the actual cost incurred for the work accomplished?
Administrative Closure
- when closing a project, make sure
- deliverables are signed off on
- close project accounts
- reassign personnel
- deal with excess material
- reallocate facilities and other equipment
- create final reports
- index lessons learned and other historical records
Affinity Diagrams
- ideas generated by other requirements gathering techniques grouped by similarity
- each group is given a title which makes it easier to see additional areas of scope or risk that have not yet been identified
Agent Terms and Conditions
in a contract, who is an authorized representative of each party
Agreement
- documents or communications that outline internal or external relationships and their intentions
- not all agreements are contracts
- the charter and project management plan are examples of agreements that aren’t contracts
Ambiguity Risks
- risks caused by lack of understanding
- type of non-event based risk
Analytical Management Style
- depends on manager’s own technical knowledge and ability project managers often make the technical decisions for the project and then communicate those decisions to their team
- effective for resolving conflicts, negotiating, prioritizing, and other decision-making activities
Apportioned Effort Activities
activities that support the project, such as quality assurance and integrated change control
Arbitration Terms and Conditions
- in a contract, method to resolve disputes by third parties
- usually paid for by the parties and generally faster and cheaper than the courts
Assignable Cause (Special Cause Variation)
a data point or series of data points require the project manager to investigate the cause of the variation
Assignment Terms and Conditions
in a contract, refers to the circumstances under which one party can assign its rights or obligations under the contract to another
Assumption Testing
- in identify risks, use what-if analysis to determine if assumption is valid or not
- will assumption cause delay or extra costs?
- is the information the assumption is based on reliable?
Assumptions
- what is believed to be true about the project but is not a fact; incorrect assumptions introduce risk and thus they are recorded in the assumption log
- examples are team member availability and that they will do a good job
Authority Terms and Conditions
in a contract, who has the authority to do what
Autocratic Management Style
- top-down approach; manager may coach or delegate, but everyone does what the manager says
- can create challenges for project team







