Project Management Knowledge Areas: Scope, Integration, Cost, and Time Management

Comprehensive fill-in-the-blank practice flashcards covering Project Scope Management, Project Integration Management, Project Cost Management, and Project Time Management.

The main goal of Project Scope Management is to ensure that the project includes all the work required, and __________ work, to complete the project successfully.

only that

In the Collect Requirements process, the group decision-making method where the largest block in a group decides the outcome, even if a majority is not achieved, is called __________.

Plurality

A group creativity technique that enhances brainstorming with a voting process to rank the most useful ideas is the __________ Technique.

Nominal Group

A grid that links product requirements from their origin to the deliverables that satisfy them is called the Requirements __________ Matrix.

Traceability

The Scope Baseline consists of three approved documents: the Project Scope Statement, the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), and the __________.

WBS Dictionary

This hierarchical decomposition diagram of total project scope into phases, tasks, and subtasks represents a __________.

Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)

The primary tool and technique used in Validate Scope to measure, examine, and validate whether deliverables meet requirements is __________ (also called reviews, audits, or walkthroughs).

Inspection

The uncontrolled expansion of product or project scope without adjustments to time, cost, and resources is known as Scope __________.

Creep

The formal document that authorizes the existence of a project and gives the project manager the authority to apply organizational resources is the Project __________.

Charter

While the project manager develops and implements project plans, the Project Charter must be officially signed and authorized by the __________.

Sponsor

In Project Integration Management, the process responsible for performing the work defined in the project management plan and implementing approved changes is __________ and Manage Project Work.

Direct

Direct and Manage Project Work outputs raw Work Performance Data, whereas Monitor and Control Project Work analyzes this data to produce Work Performance __________.

Reports

An intentional activity that realigns the current performance of the project work with the project management plan is classified as a __________ action.

Corrective

An intentional activity that ensures the future performance of the project work stays aligned with the project management plan is classified as a __________ action.

Preventive

While Change Control focuses on approving or rejecting modifications, __________ Management is focused on identifying, tracking, and verifying the physical and functional characteristics of items.

Configuration

Early in a project, a Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM) cost estimate typically has an accuracy range of __________ to $+75\%$.

$$-25\%$$

The budget reserve designated for identified risks ("known-unknowns") that is included inside the Cost Baseline is the __________ reserve.

Contingency

The budget reserve designated for unforeseen work within scope ("unknowns") that is outside the Cost Baseline is the __________ reserve.

Management

In Earned Value Management, Cost Variance (CV) is calculated using the formula $CV =$ __________.

$$EV - AC$$

A Cost Performance Index (CPI) value greater than $1.0$ indicates that the project is performing __________ budget.

under

When forecasting Estimate at Completion (EAC) assuming current cost performance will continue for the rest of the project, the formula is $EAC =$ __________.

$$BAC \div CPI$$

To calculate the To-Complete Performance Index (TCPI) based on the original Budget at Completion, the formula is $TCPI = \frac{BAC - EV}{\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_}$.

$$BAC - AC$$

In the Define Activities process, the lowest, indivisible unit of work decomposed from the WBS is known as an __________ task.

atomic

In the Precedence Diagramming Method (PDM), the most common and default logical dependency type is __________.

Finish-Start (FS)

A modification of a logical dependency that directs a delay in the successor activity is called a __________, which is entered as a positive value.

lag

In three-point estimating, the weighted beta distribution (PERT) formula calculates the expected activity duration as $T_e =$ __________.

$$\frac{T_o + 4T_m + T_p}{6}$$

In the Critical Path Method (CPM), the critical path is defined as the __________ sequence of activities through a project network, which determines the shortest possible project duration.

longest

The amount of time an activity can be delayed without delaying the early start date of any successor activity is known as __________ float.

free

In the Critical Chain Method (CCM), the non-work buffer placed at the end of the critical chain to protect the target completion date from slippage is the __________ buffer.

project

Unlike Resource Smoothing which shifts activities only within available float, Resource __________ is a resource-limited technique that can extend the project's overall duration.

leveling