Project management

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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Path convergence

Business services; Project management

The merging or joining of parallel schedule network paths into the same node in a project schedule network diagram. Path convergence is characterised by a schedule activity with more than one ...

A request, demand, or assertion of rights by a seller against a buyer, of vice versa, for consideration, compensation, or payment under the terms of a legally binding contract, such as for a disputed ...

Responsibility

Business services; Project management

The duties, assignments, and accountability for results associated with a designated position in the organization.

Organisation chart

Business services; Project management

A method for depicting interrelationships among a group of persons working together toward a common objective.

Change order request

Business services; Project management

A written document issued by the owner requesting an adjustment to the contract sum or an extension of the contract time; generally issued by the architect or the owner’s representative.

Resource histogram

Business services; Project management

A bar chart showing the amount of time that a resource is scheduled to work over a series of time periods. Resource availability may be depicted as a line for comparison purposes. Contrasting bars ...