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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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Validation
Business services; Project management
The technique of evaluating a component or product during or at the end of a phase or project to ensure it complies with the specified requirements. Contrast with verification.
Approved change request
Business services; Project management
A change request that has been processed through the integrated change control process and approved. Contrast with requested change.
Quality
Business services; Project management
(1) The degree to which a set of inherent characteristics fulfils requirements. (2) The totality of features and characteristics of a product or service that bear on its ability to satisfy stated or ...
Forward pass
Business services; Project management
The calculation of the early start and early finish dates for the uncompleted portions of all network activities. See also schedule network analysis and backward pass.
Triple constraint
Business services; Project management
A framework for evaluating competing demands. The triple constraint is often depicted as a triangle where one of the sides or one of the comers represent one of the parameters being managed by the ...
As-late-as-possible (ALAP)
Business services; Project management
An activity for which the application sets the early dates as late as possible without delaying the early dates of any successor.
Quality assurance (QA)
Business services; Project management
The process of applying the planned, systematic quality activities (such as audits or peer reviews) to ensure that the project employs all processes needed to meet requirements.
