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A Guide to Project Integration Management

Epicflow Blog

Project integration management consists of a series of activities that correspond to the main phases of a project lifecycle (initiation, planning, execution, monitoring/control, and closure). A project management plan is a fundamental document that represents how a project will be implemented, monitored, and controlled.

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Know all about your project in one place with Gantt chart

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Determine The Critical Chain Critical chain management is a part of project planning which ensures that the projects are delivered on time even if there is a possibility of delays of some tasks. A critical chain is basically the longest chain of dependent tasks.

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Overview of the PMBOK® Guide Seventh Edition – Lesson 1 Transcription

MPUG

The initiating, planning, executing, monitoring, controlling, as well as closing that we would typically call process groups within, which the advised knowledge areas are practiced really was kind of like, “Okay, here’s where you start. Estimating has not changed. I don’t really see team over here.

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The Complete Glossary of 614 Project Management Terms

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Actual dates are different from planned or estimated dates. Actual Effort: The actual effort spent to complete the activity, as opposed to the planned or estimated effort. Actual Expenditure: The actual expenditure spent to complete the activity, as opposed to the planned or estimated expenditure.

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Epicflow Glossary: Names of Features and Terms Used in the System

Epicflow Blog

Read more: Bubble Graph: Critical Chain Fever Chart Re-Imagined. A function of calculating the risk of the discrepancy between the initially estimated time for task accomplishment and the real time spent by the group of people working on the project. Critical Chain . Bubble Graph. Budget View . Task Card.

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Fighting Uncertainty in Organizations, Including Matrix Ones

Epicflow Blog

” Eli Schragenheim The lesson is: when you ask for a clear one-number estimation, without defining the level of common and expected uncertainty, then you either might face big surprises or face frequent occurrences, where the project/mission finished exactly on time. We need an early warning that the system might crash.

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Project Management Glossary: 200+ Terms PMs Frequently Use

Epicflow Blog

Activity Duration Estimates Review . is a process of detecting risks related to the time allowances for activities in particular or a project in general, with the width of estimates range indicating a respective level of risk. Analogous Estimating . Bottom-Up Estimating . Bottom-Up EAC (estimate at completion) Method .