Reverse Glossary Flashcards
What is the term for the planned work contained at the lowest level of the WBS?
Work Package
Which requirement gathering technique enhances Brainstorming with a voting process to rank the most useful ideas for further brainstorming?
Nominal Group Technique
What is the project planning term for grouping of subtasks or activities across multiple interdependent work packages, between milestones or a given time period?
Summary Activity
Which statistical measure can be used to calculate the probability of completing a project by a given date or in a given time?
Standard Deviation
What is a schedule network diagram without a time-scale, commonly referred to as?
Pure Logic Diagram
What is the term to describe the tendency where people start to apply themselves only at the last possible moment before the deadline?
Student Syndrome
What is the project management term for the supporting documentation that provides a clear and complete understanding of how the cost estimate was derived?
Basis of Estimates
Which graphical analysis technique examines project performance over time to determine if performance is improving or deteriorating?
Trend Analysis
What is Pareto’s Law popularly known as?
80/20 principle
What is the name of the technique used during the Plan Quality Management process to statistically determine the variables which will improve quality?
Design of Experiments (DOE)
Which tool is used to determine correlation between two variables?
Scatter Diagram
What is the term to describe documented results of quality control activities in the format specified during quality planning?
Quality Control Measurements
What is the term for the sum total of money spent during the project to avoid failures, and during and after the project because of failures?
Cost of Quality
Which tool illustrates the number of hours a person, a department, or an entire project team is needed each week (or month) over the course of the project?
Resource Histogram
Which model classifies project stakeholders by their power, urgency and legitimacy?
Salience Model
What is a common way of representing the gap between the current and desired engagement levels of stakeholders?
Stakeholders Engagement Assessment Matrix
Which technique helps to determine the risks which have the most potential impact on the project?
Sensitivity Analysis
Which tool would you use to graphically represent the results of Sensitivity Analysis?
Tornado Diagram
The method in which parties seek help of a private third party to make a decision regarding a dispute, outside of the court, is known as?
Arbitration
Which process verifies the acceptance of all the work and deliverables of the contract?
Control Procurements
What is the term to describe an ordered list of all the work, presented in story form?
Backlog
What is a commonly used measure for estimating user stories?
Story points
What is the term to describe a graphical representation of the work remaining versus the time left in a timebox?
Burndown Chart
What is the term to describe a graphical representation of the work completed toward the release of a product?
Burnup Chart
What are schedule activities on the critical path called?
Critical Path Activities
What is the term to describe a network path with low amount of float?
Near-Critical Path
What is total Planned Value (PV) of a project also known as?
Budget At Completion (BAC)
What is the ratio of Work Remaining to Funds Remaining known as?
To-Complete Performance Index (TCPI)
A documented economic feasibility study used to establish validity of the benefits of a selected component lacking sufficient definition and that is used as a basis for the authorization of further project management activities is termed as?
Business Case
In this leadership style, the project manager is primarily focused on getting the tasks done, with little regard to the team member’s feelings. Which leadership style is this?
Autocratic
In this leadership style, the project manager tells the team members what, when, where, and how to do things. Which leadership style is this?
Directing
In this leadership style, the project manager encourages the team members to actively participate in the decision-making process. A lot of authority is delegated to the team members and they play an active role in managing the project. Which leadership style is this?
Democratic or Participative
In this leadership style, the project manager turns things over to the team members, and only monitors the work at a high level.
Laissez-faire
A person’s legal or moral responsibility to promote the best interest of an organization or party he/she is affiliated with, is known as?
Duty of Loyalty
Judging others’ cultures or norms from the perspective of one’s own culture or norms is called?
Ethnocentrism
What are Functional Managers also referred to as?
Line Managers
The process of reviewing all change requests, approving changes and managing changes to deliverables, organizational process assets, project documents, and the project management plan, and communicating the decisions, is known as?
Perform Integrated Change Control
Name the process of using existing knowledge and creating new knowledge to achieve the project’s objectives and contribute to organizational learning.
Manage Project Knowledge
What is the term for the period of time required to recover the investment made in a project?
Payback Period
The discount rate at which the NPV of a project is zero is known as?
Internal Rate of Return (IRR)
The sum that has already been spent on a project and cannot be recovered is known as?
Sunk Cost
Legitimate Power of a Project Manager is also known as?
Formal Power
Penalty Power of a Project Manager is also known as?
Punitive or Coercive Power
Referent Power of a Project Manager is also known as?
Charisma Power
This technique, also known as “job shadowing”, provides a direct way of viewing individuals in their environment and how they perform their jobs and carry out processes. It is particularly helpful for detailed processes when users or customers have difficulty or are reluctant to articulate their requirements. What is this technique called?
Observation/Conversation
What is a time-scaled schedule network diagram format also referred to as?
Logic Bar Chart
What are prevention and appraisal costs collectively known as?
Cost of Conformance
What are failure costs also known as?
Cost of Non-Conformance
What is the term to describe a risk symptom or warning sign?
Risk Trigger or Trigger Condition
