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14 Cards in this Set
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Decomposition |
Subdividing project deliverables into smaller pieces |
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Deliverable |
A producer or service, such as a technical report, a training session, a piece of hardware, or a segment of software code, produced or provided as part of a project |
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Stakeholder |
A person involved in or affected by project activities |
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Champion/Sponsor |
A senior manager who acts as a key proponent for a project |
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Scope |
All the work involved in creating the products of the project and the process used to create them |
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Scope Creep |
The tendency for project scope to keep getting bigger |
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Work Breakdown Structure |
A deliverable-oriented grouping of the work involved in a project that defines its total scope |
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Resources |
People, equipment, and materials |
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Project Charter |
A document that formally recognizes the existence of a project and provides direction on the project's objectives and management |
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Offshoring |
Outsourcing from another country |
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Methodology |
A description of how things should be done |
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Variance |
The difference between planned and actual performance |
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Milestone |
A significant event that normally has no duration on a project. Serves as a marker to help in identifying necessary activities, setting schedule goals, and monitoring progress. |
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Critical Path |
The series of activities in a network diagram that determines the earliest completion of the project. It is the longest path through the network diagram and has the least amount of slack or float. |
