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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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Request for information (RFI)

Business services; Project management

A type of procurement document whereby the buyer requests a potential seller to provide various pieces of information related to a product or service or seller capability.

Initiate

Business services; Project management

The process of formally recognising that a new project exists, which includes transition of projects from one phase to another such as Scoping to Design or PS&E to Construction.

Voice of the customer

Business services; Project management

A planning technique used to provide products, services, and results that truly reflect customer requirements by translating those customer requirements into the appropriate technical requirements ...

Bottom-up estimating

Business services; Project management

A method of estimating a component of work. The work is decomposed into more detail. An estimate is prepared of what is needed to meet the requirements of each of the lower, more detailed pieces of ...

Request for proposal (RFP)

Business services; Project management

A type of procurement document used to request proposals from prospective sellers of products or services. In some application areas, it may have a narrower or more specific meaning.

Input

Business services; Project management

Any item, whether internal or external to the project, that is required by a process before that process proceeds. May be an output from a predecessor process.

War room

Business services; Project management

A room used for project conferences and planning, often displaying charts of cost, schedule status, and other key project data.

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