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Project management

Referring to the discipline of planning, organizing, securing and managing resources to bring about the successful completion of specific project objectives.

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Project schedule

Business services; Project management

The planned dates for performing schedule activities and the planned dates for meeting schedule milestones.

Final payment

Business services; Project management

The last payment from the owner to the contractor of the entire unpaid balance of the contract sum, as adjusted by any approved change orders.

Target schedule

Business services; Project management

A schedule adopted for comparison purposes during schedule network analysis, which can be different from the baseline schedule. See also baseline.

Target finish date (TF)

Business services; Project management

The date that work is planned (targeted) to finish on a schedule activity.

Baseline

Business services; Project management

The approved time phased plan (for a project, a work breakdown structure component, a work package, or a schedule activity), plus or minus approved project scope, cost, schedule, and technical ...

Regulation

Business services; Project management

Requirements imposed by a governmental body. These requirements can establish product, process or service characteristics—including applicable administrative provisions—that have government-mandated ...

Verification

Business services; Project management

The technique of evaluating a component or product at the end of a phase or project to assure or confirm it satisfies the conditions imposed. Contrast with validation.

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