PMR Chapter 1 Vocabulary

4. A document summarizing individual and overall project risks.
8. A hierarchical breakdown of the total work required to complete project deliverables.
10. A structured approach for transitioning to a future state to achieve business benefits.
13. A delegatable assignment requiring a resource to perform specific duties.
14. A document formally authorizing a project and empowering the project manager.
18. Projects, programs, and operations managed together to achieve strategic objectives.
20. Standards and goals we strive to reach or uphold.
21. A document where project issues are recorded and monitored.
23. A cause-and-effect tool used to determine the root cause of a problem.
24. A repository for recording outputs of risk management processes.
28. The degree to which inherent characteristics fulfill requirements.
29. Integrated scope, schedule, and cost baselines used to measure project execution.
30. A significant point or event in a project.
31. Applying knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to meet project requirements.
32. An approved version of a work product used as a basis for comparison.

1. Government-imposed requirements demanding mandatory compliance.
2. An uncertain event with a positive or negative effect on project objectives.
3. The series of phases a project passes through from start to completion.
5. A model presenting linked activities, planned dates, durations, milestones, and resources.
6. The approved cost estimate for a project, WBS component, or schedule activity.
7. A bar chart showing schedule activities, dates, and durations.
9. A document containing the assessment and classification of project stakeholders.
11. The document describing how a project is executed, monitored, controlled, and closed.
12. The person leading the team to achieve project objectives.
15. A visual tool to evaluate costs and potential outcomes of decisions.
16. Uncontrolled expansion of scope without time, cost, or resource adjustments.
17. Anyone who may affect or be affected by a project's outcome.
19. Risks, assumptions, issues, and dependencies.
22. Analysis of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats.
25. The framework directing an organization through established policies and practices.
26. Features and functions characterizing a product, service, or result.
27. Required standards that prohibit certain actions and must be followed.