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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. Feasibility Study An analysis of a project’s viability.

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A Complete Guide to PMIS

ProjectManager.com

Without a way of organizing all information a project is doomed to fail. How can some many data channels be organized so that they’re delivered to the right party and that person knows that they’re being notified? That’s what PMIS comes in, which is an acronym for project management information system.

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Closing A Project with MS Project

MPUG

The default Entry table of MS Project doesn’t show various variance fields, although you can add those fields/columns into the table and get the displayed view. To see the start and finish variances, switch to Variance table by going to View tab > Data group > Tables drop-down menu. These should be inactivated as you close the project.

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Project Management Glossary: 200+ Terms PMs Frequently Use

Epicflow Blog

is a store of all assumptions and constraints created or processed within the project life cycle. . is an instrument of accelerating your planning by suggesting start and finish dates based on existing input data. Acquire Project Team . Control Costs . Cost Management . Cost Management Plan .

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Project Management Glossary: 200+ Terms PMs Frequently Use

Epicflow Blog

is a store of all assumptions and constraints created or processed within the project life cycle. . is an instrument of accelerating your planning by suggesting start and finish dates based on existing input data. Acquire Project Team . Control Costs . Cost Management . Cost Management Plan .

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The Complete Glossary of 614 Project Management Terms

Workamajig

Analogous Estimating : Analogous estimating, describes a technique for estimating the cost or duration of an activity or project based on historical data from similar activities or projects. Bottleneck: In project management terms, a bottleneck is any constraint that restricts the movement of a process.

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Risk Management in Five Easy Pieces, with Apologies to Jack

Herding Cats

Managing Cost, Schedule, & Technical Performance Risk Is The Basis Of Good Project Management. Risk management is essential to the success of any significant project. Certain information about key project cost, performance, and schedule attributes are often unknown until the project is underway.