Information technology

Information technology

The acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of information by electronics-based of computing and telecommunications.

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critical ratio

Technology; Information technology

A dispatching rule that calculates a priority index number by dividing the time to due date remaining by the expected elapsed time to finish the job. Typically ratios of less than 1.0 are behind, ...

critical path method or critical path management (CPM)

Technology; Information technology

Critical path method is a project planning and management methodology that focuses on activities that control the total duration of a project.

crisis/incident management (C/IM) software

Technology; Information technology

Crisis/incident management (C/IM) software is used to manage the actions of the workforce and other key stakeholders in response to a particular crisis or incident with a consistent and quick ...

create, retrieve, update, delete (CRUD)

Technology; Information technology

Guidelines for defining how different people or communities within an organization deal with data elements owned by the organization.

A system containing patient-centric, electronically maintained information about an individual’s health status and care, focused on tasks and events directly related to patient care, and specifically ...

CPM suites

Technology; Information technology

Gartner defines the main application components of a CPM suite as follows:  Budgeting, planning and forecasting — These applications support the development of all aspects of budgets, plans and ...