Lecture Notes Flashcards

Flashcards for exam review.

Regulations

Requirements imposed by a governmental body that establish government-mandated compliance.

Relative Estimating

A method for creating estimates derived from a comparison against a similar body of work, considering effort, complexity, and uncertainty.

Release

One or more components of one or more products intended to be put into production at the same time.

Release Plan

The plan that sets expectations for the dates, features, and/or outcomes expected to be delivered over the course of multiple iterations.

Release Planning

The process of identifying a high-level plan for releasing or transitioning a product, deliverable, or increment of value.

Report

A formal record or summary of information to satisfy a business need.

Requirement

A condition or capability that is necessary to be present in a product, service, or result.

Requirements Documentation

A record of product requirements and other product information, along with what is recorded to manage it.

Requirements Management Plan

A component of the project or program management plan that describes how requirements will be analyzed, documented, and managed.

Requirements Traceability Matrix

A grid that links product requirements from their origin to the deliverables that satisfy them.

Reserve

A provision in the project management plan to mitigate cost and/or schedule risk.

Reserve Analysis

A method used to evaluate the amount of risk on the project and the amount of schedule and budget reserve to determine whether the reserve is sufficient for the remaining risk.

Resource Breakdown Structure

A hierarchical representation of resources by category and type.

Resource Management Plan

A component of the project management plan that describes how project resources are acquired, allocated, monitored, and controlled.

Responsibility

An assignment that can be delegated within a project management plan such that the assigned resource incurs a duty to perform the requirements of the assignment.

Responsibility Assignment Matrix (RAM)

A grid that shows the project resources assigned to each work package.

Result

An output from performing project management processes and activities; see also deliverable.

Retrospective

A regularly occurring workshop in which participants explore their work and results in order to improve both the process and product.

Rework

Action taken to bring a defective or nonconforming component into compliance with requirements or specifications.