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project
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a one-time or infrequently occurring set of activities that creates outputs within prespecified time and cost schedules
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technological factors
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systems, equipment and processes that define how project work is done
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social factors
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project team culture, norms of behavior, values, enthusiasm, experience, authority and influence of team members
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project objective statement
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the identification of project deliverables, schedule and resources in specific, concise, clear, measurable terms
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functional project
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a project that is housed and controlled within a single functional department during each project stage
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pure (autonomous) project
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a project that is housed outside normal functional departments and all stages are managed by a single leader
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matrix project
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a project in which a full-time project manager works together with functional managers to control budgets and to supervise functional workers who are loaned to the project from time to time
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24/7 project operations
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globally dispersed projects where groups in one time zone work while groups in other time zones sleep
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project charter
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a document that establishes the initial plan for a project, including its purpose and priority, its customers and project team members, and its budget, schedule and major deliverables
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work breakdown structure
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a hierarchical listing of project activities
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critical path method
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a project planning technique that identifies in graphic form the activities that are most important and should receive focused attention
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network diagram
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a graphical display of project tasks and their interrelationships
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critical path
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the longest path of activities reaching from the beginning node to the end node in a project
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earliest start date and earliest finish date
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the earliest dates that an activity can be planned to start and finish given the requirements of its predecessors
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task slack
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the amount of time that task duration can be increased without affecting the length of the project
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probabilistic task duration estimates
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a tool for conveying uncertainty that includes a range of possible task duration for each task, rather than relying on a single point estimate
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project buffer
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a time period set aside to provide slack along activity paths that are critical or highly variable
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Gantt chart
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a bar chart that shows the timing, relationships and percentage completion for activities in a project
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postproject review
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an effort to capture the lessons learned from the project experience and to recognize the contributions of project team members
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business case
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a well-developed justification of the financial and strategic reasons for pursuing a project
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