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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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Project management
Stakeholder
Business services; Project management
Those with a particularly significant interest in the project’s outcome, including those providing funding or right of way for the project and property owners who are affected by the project. ...
S-curve
Business services; Project management
Graphic display of cumulative costs, labour hours, percentage of work, or other quantities, plotted against time. The name derives from the S-like shape of the curve (flatter at the beginning and ...
Project human resource management
Business services; Project management
A subset of project management that includes the processes required to make the most effective use of the people involved with the project. It consists of organisational planning, staff acquisition, ...
Design-build contracting
Business services; Project management
A contract structure where both design and construction responsibility are vested in a single contractor.
Secondary risk
Business services; Project management
A risk that arises as a direct result of implementing a risk response.
Project initiation
Business services; Project management
Launching a process that can result in the authorization and scope definition of a new project.
Design-build contractor
Business services; Project management
A contractor that provides design and construction services under a single responsibility contractto an owner.
