Definitions
This estimation technique compares a similar project with the current project, to get a quick estimate.
What is analogous estimating?
Name of the lowest level in the WBS
What is a work package
This document lists the risks, probability, impact, trigger points, and mitigation.
What is the risk register?
Project Management Institute (PMI)
What is the organization that has set the de facto standards for project management techniques?
This limits the options of a project team.
What is a project constraint?
The longest path in the network diagram.
What is the critical path?
This is a mandatory dependency that describes an activity that must be accomplished in a specific order.
What is hard logic?
What is (passive) acceptance?
Initiating, executing, monitoring and controlling, and closing.
What are the process groups?
The title of the person who is responsible for achieving the project's objectives
What (who) is the project manager?
This dollar amount is added to a project budget to be used to cover known risks that come true.
What is the continency reserve?
This quality guru created the Plan, Do, Check, Act cycle.
Who is Walter Shewart?
Similar to a WBS, this structure may be created to illustrate and break down project risk.
What is a Risk Breakdown Structure (RBS)?
This internal department is responsible for supporting project managers, education, and training.
What is the Project Management Office (PMO)?
This document authorizes the PM to start the project and commit resources.
What is the project charter?
What is crashing the schedule?
This is the most common logical relationship (dependency) used in precedence diagram modeling (PDM).
What is finish to start (FS)?
This risk score is determined by multiplying the probability of the risk occurring with the impact of the risk, should it occur.
What is the probability and impact matrix?
This book describes global best practices for project managers.
What is the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK)?
The project managers reports to a manager and has a clear chain of command.
What is a functionally aligned organization?
The name of the estimate that uses the formula (P + O + 4ML ) / 6
What is a three-point estimate using the beta distribution?
This technique is used to balance resources, prevent team members from burning out, and create a realistic work week.
What is resource leveling?
Mitigate, accept, avoid, and transfer are types
What are responses to negative risk?
Technique that generates a lot of ideas in a short period of time.
What is Brainstorming?