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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 scope

Business services; Project management

The work that must be performed to deliver a product, service, or result with the specified features and functions.

Finish date

Business services; Project management

A point in time associated with a schedule activity’s completion. Usually qualified by one of the following: actual, planned, estimated, scheduled, early, late, baseline, target, or current.

Target start date (TS)

Business services; Project management

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

Project scope management plan

Business services; Project management

The document that describes how the project scope will be defined, developed, and verified; how the work breakdown structure will be created and defined; and provides guidance on how the project ...

Fixed duration scheduling

Business services; Project management

A scheduling method in which, regardless of the number of resources assigned to the task, the duration remains the same.

Team

Business services; Project management

Two or more people working interdependently toward a common goal and a shared reward.

Project scope statement

Business services; Project management

The narrative description of the project scope, including major deliverables, project objectives, project assumptions, project constraints, and a statement of work, that provides a documented basis ...

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