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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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Critical chain method
Business services; Project management
A schedule network analysis technique that modifies the project schedule to account for limited resources. The critical chain method mixes deterministic and probabilistic approaches to schedule ...
Scope change
Business services; Project management
Any change to the project scope. A scope change almost always requires an adjustment to the project cost or schedule.
Project
Business services; Project management
A temporary endeavour undertaken to create a unique product, service, or result.
Critical path
Business services; Project management
Generally, but not always, the sequence of schedule activities that determines the duration of the project. Generally, it is the longest path through the project. However, a critical path can end, ...
Scope control
Business services; Project management
The process of controlling changes to the project scope.
Project budget
Business services; Project management
The amount and distribution of money allocated to a project.
Critical path method (CPM)
Business services; Project management
A schedule network analysis technique used to determine the amount of scheduling flexibility (the least amount of float) on various logical network paths in the project schedule network, and to ...
