Active Listening
receiver confirms they are listening, rephrases what the speaker said, expresses agreement or disagreement, and asks for clarification if necessary
Affinity Diagramming

Alternatives Analysis
comparing options given constraints
Alternatives Generation
sets of actions, strategies or portfolio of different individual elements that exhaust all possible approaches to a particular situation
Analagous (Top-Down) Estimating
Assumptions Analysis
identify and analyze assumptions made on the project and assess whether or not those assumptions are valid to identify risks
Attribute Sampling
a form of statistical sampling that simply identifies whether or not there is a defect
Audit
Benchmarking
Bidder Conferences
Bottom-Up Estimating
Brainstorming
Brainwriting
question given in advance so participants have time to write out ideas
Business Analysis
define, manage, and control requirements; PMs partner with business analysts to identify problems, define business needs, recommend viable solutions, elicit, document, and manage stakeholder requirements, and facilitate successful implementation
Cause-and-Effect Chart (Fishbone Diagram OR Ishikawa Diagram)
shows the relationship between variables within a process and how those causal factors might contribute to poor quality; confirm policies and procedures are being followed and metrics are being used correctly and are adequate to achieve acceptable quality; looks like a fishbone because the causes of the error are nodes coming off a straight line that leads to the effect (error)

Checklists
ensures routine work is done the same way each time
Checksheets (Tally Sheets)
type of checklist that can be used to keep track of data, such as quality problems uncovered, and document the frequency with which a particular defect occurs; can be used to tally up errors in quality control
Claims Administration
Communications Technology
Configuration Management System
part of the PMIS that contains the organization’s standard processes, procedures, forms, and reports for tracking and controlling project documentation; when scope changes, you need the configuration management system
Conflict Management
collaboration is the ideal approach to conflict management, which means both parties reach agreement; should avoid using forcing, compromising, or withdrawing/avoiding styles of conflict management; might need to escalate the conflict if it’s outside of your authority; if the conflict is petty, you might use smoothing to downplay the issue
Constraint Analysis
determine the level of risk posed by schedule or budget limitations
Control Chart
line chart that plots specifications vs. actual quality; specifications are set by customer; usually used where there is a repititive process; there’s an upper control limit and lower control limit; the specifications show what is an acceptable level of variance; the greater the sigma, the fewer the errors there are

Cost Aggregation
working from bottom up, activity cost estimates are rolled up to work package cost estimates that are rolled up to control account costs and finally to project costs
