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| What are the FIVE Project Management groups? |
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| Initiating, planning, executing, monitor/control, closing |
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| Formalizing acceptance of the project or phase and bringing it to an orderly end |
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| Ensuring that the process objectives are met by monitoring and measuring progress regularly to identify variances from plan so that corrective action can be taken when necessary. |
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| Coordinating people and other resources to carry out the plan |
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| Authorizing the project or phase |
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| Defining and refining objectives, and selecting the best of the alternative courses of action to attain the objectives that the project was undertaken to address |
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| Name the six processes within Project Procurement Management |
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| Procurement planning, Solicitation Planning, Solicitation, Source Selection, Contract Administration, Contract Closeout |
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| Name the three processes within Project Human Resource Management |
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| Orginazational Planning, Staff Acquisition, Team Development |
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| Name the six processes within Project Risk Management |
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| Risk management planning, Risk identification, Qualitative Risk Analysis, Quantitative Risk Analysis, Risk Response Planning, Risk monitoring and control |
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| Name the three processes within Project Quality Management |
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| Quality Planning, Quality Assurance and Quality Control |
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| Name the four processes within Project Communications Management: |
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| Communications planning, Information distribution, Performance Reporting, Administrative Closure |
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| Name the four processes within Project Cost Management: |
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| Resource Planning, Cost Estimating, Cost Budgeting, Cost Control |
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| Name the five processes with Project Time Management: |
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| Activity Definition, Activity Sequencing, Activity Duration Estimating, Schedule Development and Schedule Control |
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| Name the five processes within Project Scope Management: |
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| Initiation, Scope Planning, Scope definition, Scope verification, Scope change control |
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| Name the three processes within Project Integration Management: |
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| Project Plan Development, Project Plan Execution, Integrated Change Control |
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| A deliverable at the lowest level of the work breakdown structure, when that deliverable may be assigned to another project manager to plan and execute. This may be accomplished through the use of a subproject where the work package may be further decomposed into activities. |
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| Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) |
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| A deliverable orientated grouping of project elements that organizes and defines the total work scope of the project. Each descending level represents an increasingly detailed definition of the project work. |
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| A response to a negative risk event. Distinguished from contigency plan in that a work around is not planned in advance of the occurence of the risk event |
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| A creative approach used to optimize life-cycle costs, save time, increase profits, improve quality, expand market share, solve problems, and use resources more effectively |
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| Risk symptoms or warning signs. Indications that a risk has or is about to occur. Triggers may be discovered in the risk identification process and watched in the risk monitoring and control process. |
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| TQM - Total Quality Management |
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| A common approach to implementing a quality improvement program within an organization. |
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| Time-Scaled Network Diagram |
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| Any project network diagram drawn in such a way that the positioning and the length of the activity represents its duration. A bar chart that includes network logic. |
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| Technical Performance Measurement |
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| Compares technical accomplishments during project execution to the project plan's schedule of technical achievment |
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| Developing individual and group competencies to enhance project performance |
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| Lowest level of effort on a project. Not included on the WBS, could be a decompisition of work on the WBS |
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| The Date that work is planned (targeted) to start on an activity. |
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| The date the work is planned to be complete |
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| Target Completion Date (TC) |
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| An imposed date that constrains or otherwise modifies the network analysis |
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Arrow Diagraming: The activity that departs the node
Precedence diagramming: the "to" activity |
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| A smaller portion of the overall project |
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| A subdivision of a project network diagram, usually representing some form of a subproject. |
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| A narrative description of products and services to be supplied under contract |
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| A point in time associated with a activity's start. Usually qualified by one of the following: actual, planned, estimated, scheduled, early, late, target, baseline or current. |
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| Individuals and organizations that are actively involved in the project, whose interest are positively or negatively affected as a result of the project execution or project completion. They may also exert influence over the project and it's results. |
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| Getting needed human resources assigned to and working on the project |
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| Choosing from among all potential sellers |
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| Documenting product requirements and identifying potential sources |
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| Obtaining quotations, bids, offers, or proposals as appopriate |
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| A term used in arrow diagraming method for float |
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| Use a project model that translates uncertainies specified at a detailed level into their potential impact on objectives of the project |
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| A provider of goods and services to the organization |
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| The risk that arises as a direct result of implementing a risk response. |
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| Formalizing acceptance of the project scope |
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| Provides a documented basis for making future project decisions and for confirming or developing common understanding of project scope among the stakeholders. As the project progresses this statement may need to be revised or refined to reflect approved changes to the scope of the project. |
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| The process of progressively elaborating the work of the project. which includes developing a written scope statement that includes the project justification, the major deliverables, and the project objectives |
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| Subdividing the major deliverables into smaller, more manageable components to provide better control |
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| Controlling changes to project scope |
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| And change to the project scope. Requires an adjustment to the schedule or budget |
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| The sum of products and services to be provided as a project. |
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| Scheduled Start Date (SS) |
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| The point in time that work was scheduled to start on an activity. Normally within the range of early and late start dates. May reflect leveling of scarce resources. |
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