Business services

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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activity

Business services; Project management

(1) A component of work performed during the course of a project. See also schedule activity. (2) A task or set of tasks that are carried out in order to create an assignable ...

project team directory

Business services; Project management

A documented list of project team members, and their project roles and communication information.

independent float

Business services; Project management

Degree of flexibility, which an activity has, that does not affect the float available on any preceding or succeeding activities.

threat

Business services; Project management

A condition or situation unfavorable to the project, a negative set of circumstances, a negative set of events, a risk that will have a negative impact on a project objective if ...

node

Business services; Project management

One of the defining points of a schedule network; a junction point joined to some or all of the other dependency lines. See precedence diagramming method.

change control

Business services; Project management

(1) Identifying, documenting, approving, or rejecting, and controlling changes to the project baselines. (2) The process of accepting or rejecting changes to the project’s ...