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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.
Industry: Business services
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Result
Business services; Project management
An output from performing project management processes and activities. Results include outcomes (e.g., integrated systems, revised process, restructured organization, tests, trained personnel) and ...
Performance reporting
Business services; Project management
The process of collecting and distributing performance information. This includes status reporting, progress measurement, and forecasting.
Commitment
Business services; Project management
Official consignment or pledge by an individual, organisation or party to do something.
Risk
Business services; Project management
An uncertain event or condition that, if it occurs, has a positive or negative effect on a project’s objectives. See also risk category and risk breakdown structure.
Pareto diagram
Business services; Project management
A histogram, ordered by frequency of occurrence, that shows how many results were generated by each identified cause.
Checklist
Business services; Project management
Items listed together for convenience of comparison, or to ensure the actions associated with them are managed appropriately and not forgotten. An example is a list of items to be inspected that is ...
Resource planning
Business services; Project management
Determining what resources(people, equipment, materials) are needed in what quantities to perform project activities.
