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360-degree appraisal

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360-degree appraisal

A performance review completed by a person’s peers, managers, and subordinates.It’s called a 360-degree appraisal as it’s a circle of reviews by people at different levels of an organization.

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Acceptance

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Acceptance

This is a response to a risk event, generally made when the probability of the event and/or impact are small. It is used when mitigation, transference, or avoidance are not selected.

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Active listening

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Active listening

This occurs when the receiver confirms the message is being received by feedback,questions, prompts for clarity, and other signs of having received the message.

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Activity attributes

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Activity attributes

Activities that special conditions,requirements, risks, and other conditions should be documented.

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Activity cost estimates

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Activity cost estimates

The cost of resources including materials,services, and when warranted, labor should be estimated.

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Activity list

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Activity list

A listing of all of the project activities required to complete each project phase or the entire project. This list is an input to the project network diagram.

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Activity on node

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Activity on node

A network diagramming approach that places the activities on a node in the project network diagram.

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Activity sequencing

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Activity sequencing

The process of mapping the project activities in the order in which the work should be completed.

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Actual costs

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Actual costs

The amount funds the project has spent to date. The difference between actual costs and the earned value will reveal the cost variance.

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Adjourning

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Adjourning

The final stage of team development; once the project is done, the team moves onto other assignments either as a unit or the project team ream is disbanded and individual team members go onto other work.

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Affinity diagram

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Affinity diagram

Clusters like ideas together and allows fordecomposition of ideas to compare andcontrast project requirements.

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Analogous estimating

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Analogous estimating

This relies on historical information to predictestimates for current projects. Analogousestimating is also known as top-downestimating and is a form of expert judgment.

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Application areas

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Application areas

The areas of discipline that a project maycenter upon. Consider technology, law, sales,marketing, and construction among manyothers.

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Assumption log

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Assumption log

A document that clearly identifies and tracksassumptions that are made in the project. Allassumptions need to be tested for theirvalidity and the outcome of the test should berecorded.

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Autocratic

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Autocratic

The project manager makes all of thedecisions.

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Avoidance

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Avoidance

This is one response to a risk event. The risk isavoided by planning a different technique toremove the risk from the project.