Project management

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 charter

Business services; Project management

A document issued by the project initiator or sponsor that formally authorizes the existence of a project, and provides the project manager with the authority to apply organizational resources to ...

The decision tree is a diagram that describes a decision under consideration and the implications of choosing one or another of the available alternatives. It is used when some future scenarios or ...

scope management

Business services; Project management

The function of controlling a project in terms of its goals and objectives through the processes of conceptual development; full definition or scope statement; execution; and termination.

project communication plan

Business services; Project management

A plan, which may range from a formal Contract/Responsibility Chart with detailed instructions on a large project, to an informal list of contact names, telephone numbers, and schedule of meetings on ...

scope planning

Business services; Project management

The process of creating a project scope management plan.

project communications management

Business services; Project management

A subset of project management that includes the processes required to ensure timely and appropriate generation, collection and dissemination, storage and ultimate disposition of project information. ...

deliverable

Business services; Project management

Any unique and verifiable product, result, or capability to perform a service that must be produced to complete a process, phase, or project. Often used more narrowly in reference to an external ...