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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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Project management

scope statement

Business services; Project management

A documented description of the project’s output or deliverables.

project cost

Business services; Project management

All costs for a specific project, including costs for land, professionals, construction, furnishings, fixtures, equipment, financing, and any other project-related costs.

delphi technique

Business services; Project management

An information-gathering technique used as a way to reach a consensus of experts on a subject. Experts on the subject participate in this technique anonymously. A facilitator uses a questionnaire to ...

scope verification

Business services; Project management

The process of formalizing acceptance of the completed project deliverables.

project cost management

Business services; Project management

The process of placing responsibility on the designers and implementers to perform within established budgets. Actual and budget project costs are compared. Two principles apply: (1) There must be a ...

dependency

Business services; Project management

A relation between activities, such that one requires input from the other.

scope, cost, and risk evaluation (SCORE)

Business services; Project management

A peer level review/due diligence analysis on the scope schedule and cost estimate for projects. Evaluates the quality and completeness, including anticipated risk and variability, of the projected ...

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