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Business services

The business service industry provides the core business skills and knowledge required for a high performing workplace.It covers an array of expertise, including customer contact, business administration, business management, business information and human resource management.

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design-build (D-B)

Business services; Project management

(1) A procurement or project delivery arrangement whereby a single entity (a contractor with subconsultants, or team of contractors and engineers, often with subconsultants) is ...

s-curve

Business services; Project management

Graphic display of cumulative costs, labor hours, percentage of work, or other quantities, plotted against time. The name derives from the S-like shape of the curve (flatter at ...

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 organizational planning, ...

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.