Pmp Chapter 1 - Vocabulary

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application areas

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Application areas are the areas of business, industry, and trade about which the project manager may need special knowledge. Common application areas include legal issues, technical issues, engineering information, and manufacturing information

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deliverable

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A deliverable is the outcome of a project or project phase; a deliverable of a project can be a product or service.

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iron triangle

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The triple constraints of project management: time/cost/scope

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management by projects

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This approach characterizes organizations that manage their operations as projects. These project-centric entitites could manage any level of their work as a project. Such organizations apply general business skills to each project to determine their value, efficiency, and ultimately, their return on investment

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operations

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the day-to-day work that gos on in the organization

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PMBOK guide

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Project Management Body of Knowlege (PMBOK), which includes all knowledge and practices within the endeavor of project management

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PMP

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Project management professional

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programs

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A collection of related projects working in alignment towrards a common cause.

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progressive elaboration

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The process of providing or discovering greater levels of detail as the project moves toward completion.

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project

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A temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product or service

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project communications management

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Knowledge area that focuses on how communications happen, outlines stakeholder management.

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project cost management

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Knowledge area that is concerned with planning, estimating, budgeting, and control of cost.

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project human resource management

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Knowledge area that focues on organizational planning, staff acquisition, and team development.

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project integration management

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The day-to-day actions of the project manager to ensure that all parts of the project work together. Composed of project plan development, project plan execution, and integrated change control.

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Project management

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The supervision and control of work required to complete the project vision.

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project manager

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The individual accountable for all aspects of a project.

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project office

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PMO - a project management office organizes and manages control over all projects within an organization.

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project portfolio management

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A management process to select the projects that should be invested in. Specifically, it is the selection process based on the need, profitability, and affordability of the proposed projects.

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project procurement management

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Knowledge area that focuses on project procurement. This encompasses selecting vendors and contract negotiations.

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project quality management

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Knowledge area focused on quality planning assurance and control.

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project risk management

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Knowledge area focused on risk planning, analysis, mentoring, and control.

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project scope management

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The processes to ensure that the project includes all of the work required, and only the work required, to complete the project successfully.

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project time management

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Knowledge area that focuses on defining the activities, plot out their sequence, and calculate how long the project duration will actually take.

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subprojects

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A subproject exists under a parent project but follows its own schedule to completion. Subprojects may be outsourced, assigned to other project managers, or managed by the parent project manger but with a different project team.

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triple constraints of project management

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time/cost/scope - quality is affected by the balance of thes three components. Also known as the "iron triangle"

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work breakdown structure

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The WBS is a deliverable-oriented collection of project components. Work that isn't in the WBS isn't in the project. The point of the WBS is to organize and define the project scope.