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A temporary endeavor which requires resources and creates a unique deliverable, service or environment
Projects have a definite end date and is unique from other activities of the organization |
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| Define Project Management |
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Supervision and control of the work required to complete the project vision.
Planning organizing and managing resources to bring about the successful completion of project goals and objectives |
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| Define Project Integration Management |
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| One of the 9 project management knowledge areas: Focuses on creating the project charter, project scope statement, and project plan then monitoring and controlling the work once it is underway. Coordinates the activities and completeness of the other 8 knowledge areas. |
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| One of the 9 Project Management knowledge areas. Planning, creation, protection, and filfillment of the project scope. |
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| One of the 9 project management knowledge areas. Define the approach to time estiamting, scheduling and control of project activities. |
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| Define Project cost management |
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| One of the 9 Project Mnagement kknowledge areas. Estimating, budgeting and controlling project expenses. |
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| Define Project Quality Management |
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| One of the 9 Project Management knowledge areas. Defines quality assurance, control and policy for th e project. |
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| Define Project Human Resource management |
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| One of the 9 Project Management knowledge areas. Management of human resources for the project tewam. |
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| Project Communications Management |
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| One of the 9 Project management knowledge areas. Planning and management of communication among stakeholders. |
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| Define Project Risk Management |
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| One of the 9 Project Management knowledge areas. Risk planning , analysis, monitoring and control |
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| Define Project Procurement management |
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| One of tjhe 9 Project Management Knowledge areas. Oversees purchasing and contract administration for a project. |
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| Define Enterprise Environmental Factors |
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| Internal or external factors which surround or influence a projects success ...They are used as inputs for most planning processes |
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| The areas of discipline a project may center on (technology, law, marketing, construction etc) |
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| The three constraints of every project (time, scope, and cost) make up the three sides of the Iron Triangle. If these three sides are not kept in balance quality suffers |
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| An organization that uses projects to move the company forward. A project centruc organization could managa any level of their work as a project. |
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| A collection of projects working in unisonto realize benefits that could not be realized by manging projects independent of one another. |
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| Process of starting with a large idea and through incremental analysis, action, and planning make the idea more and more specific |
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| Project Mangement Office-Organizes, manages and controls projects within an organization. PMOs standardize the Project Management approach in an organization. |
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| Project Portfolio Management |
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| Management process for selecting projects that should be invested in---based on need, profitabiity and affordability of proposed projects |
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| Exists under a parent project but follows its own schedule to completion...May be outsourced or assigned to a different project manager. |
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| Triple constraints of project management |
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| Iron Triangle ...Time, Cost, Scope must be managed to ensure Quality outcome |
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| Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) |
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| )-The visual decomposition of project scope to represent all the deliverables the project promises to create. |
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