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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.

Contributors in Project management

Project management

Budget

Business services; Project management

The approved estimate for the project or any work breakdown structure component or any schedule activity.

Requested change

Business services; Project management

A formally documented change request that is submitted for approval to the integrated change control process. Contrast with approved change request.

Knowledge

Business services; Project management

Knowing something with the familiarity gained through experience, education, observation, or investigation; it is also understanding a process, practice, or technique, or how to use a tool.

Work

Business services; Project management

Sustained physical or mental effort, exertion, or exercise of skill to overcome obstacles and achieve an objective.

Quantitative risk analysis

Business services; Project management

The process of numerically analysing the effect on overall project objectives of identified risks.

Historical information

Business services; Project management

Documents and data on prior projects, including project files, records, correspondence, closed contracts, and closed projects.

Variance analysis

Business services; Project management

A method for resolving the total variance in the set of scope, cost, and schedule variables into specific component variances that are associated with defined factors affecting the scope, cost, and ...

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