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ISO 9000
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A set of standards governing the requirements for documentation of a quality program.
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A set of standards governing the requirements for documentation of a quality program.
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A series of coordinated, related, multiple projects that continue over extended time intended to achieve a goal.
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Project
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A complex, nonroutine, one-time effort to create a product or service limited by time, budget, and specifications.
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Project life cycle
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The stages found in all projects—definition, planning, execution, and delivery.
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Project Management Professional
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An individual who has met specific education and experience requirements set forth by the Project Management Institute, has agreed to adhere to a code of professional conduct, and has passed an examination designed to objectively assess and measure project management knowledge. In addition, a PMP must satisfy continuing certification requirements or lose the certification.
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Sociotechnical perspective
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A focus on the interaction between tools/methods and people.
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Implementation gap
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The lack of consensus between the goals set by top management and those independently set by lower levels of management. This lack of consensus leads to confusion and poor allocation of organization resources.
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Net present value (NPV
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A minimum desired rate of return discount (e.g., 15 percent) is used to compute present value of all future cash inflows and outflows
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Organizational politics
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Actions by individuals or groups of individuals to acquire, develop, and use power and other resources to obtain preferred outcomes when there is uncertainty or disagreement over choices.
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Payback
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The time it takes to pay back the project investment (investment/net annual savings). The method does not consider the time value of money or the life of the investment.
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Priority system
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The process used to select projects. The system uses selected criteria for evaluating and selecting projects that are strongly linked to higher-level strategies and objectives.
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Priority team
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The group (sometimes the project office) responsible for selecting, overseeing, and updating project priority selection criteria.
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Project portfolio
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Group of projects that have been selected for implementation balanced by project type, risk, and ranking by selected criteria.
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Project screening matrix
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A matrix used to assess and compare the relative value of projects being considered for implementation.
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Sacred cow
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A project that is a favorite of a powerful management figure who is usually the champion for the project.
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Strategic management process
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The process of assessing "what we are" and deciding and implementing "what we intend to be and how we are going to get there." Strategy describes how an organization intends to compete with the resources available in the existing and perceived future environment.
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Balanced matrix
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A matrix structure in which the project manager and functional managers share roughly equal authority over the project. The project manager decides what needs to be done; functional managers are concerned with how it will be accomplished.
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Dedicated project team
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An organizational structure in which all of the resources needed to accomplish a project are assigned full time to the project.
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Matrix
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Any organizational structure in which the project manager shares responsibility with the functional managers for assigning priorities and for directing the work of individuals assigned to the project.
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Organizational culture
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A system of shared norms, beliefs, values, and assumptions held by an organization's members.
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Projectitis
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A social phenomenon in which project members exhibit inappropriately intense loyalty to the project.
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Project office (PO)
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A centralized unit within an organization or department that oversees and improves the management of projects.
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Strong matrix
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A matrix structure in which the project manager has primary control over project activities and functional managers support project work
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Weak matrix
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A matrix structure in which functional managers have primary control over project activities and the project manager coordinates project work
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Cost account
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A control point of one or more work packages used to plan, schedule, and control the project. The sum of all the project cost accounts represents the total cost of the project.
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Milestone
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An event that represents significant, identifiable accomplishment toward the project's completion.
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Organization breakdown structure (OBS)
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A structure used to assign responsibility for work packages.
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Priority matrix
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A matrix that is set up before the project begins that establishes which criterion among cost, time, and scope will be enhanced, constrained, or accepted.
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Process breakdown structure (PBS)
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A phase-oriented grouping of project activities that defines the total scope of the project. Each descending level represents an increasingly detailed description of project work.
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Responsibility matrix
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A matrix whose intersection point shows the relationship between an activity (work package) and the person/group responsible for its completion.
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Scope creep
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The tendency for the scope of a project to expand once it has started.
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Scope statement
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A definition of the end result or mission of a project. Scope statements typically include project objectives, deliverables, milestones, specifications, and limits and exclusions.
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Work breakdown structure (WBS
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A hierarchical method that successively subdivides the work of the project into smaller detail.
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Work package
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A task at the lowest level of the WBS. Responsibility for the package should be assigned for one person and, if possible, limited to 80 hours of work.
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