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125 Project Management Buzzwords

The IIL Blog

Continuous Improvement The ongoing effort to improve a project process, product, or service to achieve better results. Cost Estimation The process of estimating project costs is done by leveraging historical data, expert judgment, or quantitative models. of a project. Also known as continuous process improvement.

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A Beginner’s Guide to Understanding Earned Value Management

MPUG

Air Force defined the criteria for their acquisition projects which included the basic concepts of EVM. In 1987, PMI included an overview of EVM in their PMBOK Guide and in subsequent editions and during the 1990’s governmental procurement groups streamlined their activities to include EVM reform.

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What is Project Management

MPUG

What is a Project The Project Management Institutes (PMI) PMBOK defines a project is “a temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product, service or result.” From start to finish, a project usually goes through 5 phases, called the Project Life Cycle.

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What is A System for Value Delivery in Project Management

Project Pulse Journal

Here's an overview of the ten knowledge areas: Project Integration: Encompasses the coordination and amalgamation of diverse project management processes and activities to ensure the realization of project objectives. A guide to the project management body of knowledge (PMBOK Guide) (7th ed.). PMI-SP5-1505-14111, p.

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What is ROM and how to calculate it (with example)

Rebel’s Guide to PM

A rough order of magnitude estimate is used to give you a very high level view of potential project costs. Ideally, you’d be able to provide a definitive estimate, carefully created from loads of input from subject matter experts and plenty of research on past projects and their budgets. What is a ROM estimate?

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Project Resource Management: The Ultimate Guide on How to Master It

Rebel’s Guide to PM

To utilize project resources effectively and ensure that they meet their anticipated performance goals, project managers play the role of both people manager and functional manager. Project resource management techniques address how resources need to be managed while working in different project situations. PMBOK Guide.

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Risk Management Resources

Herding Cats

Information about key project cost, (technical) performance, and schedule attributes is often uncertain or unknown until late in the program. Overcoming Barriers in Assessing Risk Probabilities,” Tom Kendrick , 2012 PMI Global Congress Proceedings , 2012. How to Deal with Project Risk Management Effectively In Your Organization?,”