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The Complete Glossary of 614 Project Management Terms

Workamajig

Bottleneck: In project management terms, a bottleneck is any constraint that restricts the movement of a process. With this approach, the project's cost and/or duration are calculated by adding the cost/duration of all its constituent activities. Most, however, track the project's costs and deadlines.

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Compendium of Works to Increase Probability of Project Success

Herding Cats

, Cost and schedule growth for federal programs is created by unrealistic technical performance expectations, unrealistic cost and schedule estimates, inadequate risk assessments, unanticipated technical issues, and poorly performed and ineffective risk management, all contributing to program technical and programmatic shortfalls.