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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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Product

Business services; Project management

An artefact that is produced, is quantifiable, and can be either an end item in itself or a component item. Additional words for products are material and goods. Contrast with result and service. See ...

Cost estimating

Business services; Project management

The process of developing an approximation of the cost of the resources needed to complete project activities.

Schedule development

Business services; Project management

The process of analysing schedule activity sequences, schedule activity durations, resource requirements, and schedule constraints to create the project schedule.

Product life cycle

Business services; Project management

A collection of generally sequential, non-overlapping product phases whose names and numbers are determined by the manufacturing and control needs of the organization. The last product life cycle ...

Cost management plan

Business services; Project management

The document that sets out the format and establishes the activities and criteria for planning, structuring, and controlling the project costs. A cost management plan can be formal or informal, ...

Schedule management plan

Business services; Project management

The document that establishes criteria and the activities for developing and controlling the project schedule. It is contained in, or is a subsidiary plan of, the project management plan. The ...

Product scope

Business services; Project management

The features and functions that characterise a product, service, or result.

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