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Activities during which formal acceptance and completion procedures are
attained from either a phase or the project itself. |
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| The individual, group, or company that will own the work of the project when it is complete. |
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| A manager of a department or unit in a functional organization. |
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| A person or organization that is not necessarily directly related to the project but can influence the project in either a good or bad way. |
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| Matrix Organizational Structure |
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| A structure within a company where people are organized by (and report to) a combination of Project and Functional Managers. |
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| A group of people formed for the purpose of performing work within a company or enterprise. |
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| A group of programs or projects related and managed in a coordinated way to achieve specific strategic business goals. |
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| The management of projects in a coordinated way to achieve better results than if managed separately. |
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| The process of completing work on the project: it is not the project management of the work, but rather the work process such as the building process of creating a house, or that of developing a computer program. This life cycle typically coexists with the project management life cycle. |
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| Project Management Office |
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| The central group of project management at a company; can be a centralized group of Project Managers or the office that standardizes policy or procedures. |
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| A group of project activities making up a piece of the project that interrelates with other pieces to make up the project. |
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| Work performed without resulting in a physical product. |
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| The capability to execute project-related activities based on individual subject matter expertise and abilities. |
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Person or entity whose interests are positively or negatively affected by the
project or whose influence can positively or negatively affect the project. |
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| An established norm or requirement. |
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| A division of a phase of a project. |
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| A procedure executed by a resource to complete activities on the project. |
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| A partially filled-out document that can serve as a shell for completion of project documents. |
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| A phrase that describes a war room or close environment for the team; can also be used as a noise answer on organizational-related questions. |
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| A group of people with similar goals who form a team but spend little (if any) time together. |
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| Voice of the Customer (VOC). |
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| A Planning process that considers the requirements the customer really needs when technical requirements are created. |
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| A room shared by project personnel that can be used for planning and meetings, and display charts, graphs, and various other project information. |
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