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Project Performance Reporting: Key Performance Reports

ProjectManager.com

After the fact, you can measure the return rate, complaints by customers, customer loyalty and retention. Risk Risk is an unexpected event in a project. That event can be negative or positive, but either way needs to be either mitigated or taken advantage of. But you should work hard to maintain quality during production.

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Different Project Management Terms Beginners Should Know

ProProfs Project Management

Basically, deliverables are the end result of the project execution process. . Any work, task, activity, situation, or event that is either dependant on the project right now or sometime in the future. . Any situation or event that can cause problems in project execution. . Performance Measurement Baseline.

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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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What is A System for Value Delivery in Project Management

Project Pulse Journal

The Role of Project-Associated Functions These functions are the project knowledge areas indispensable for the seamless planning, execution, and control of projects. Risk Management: Project professionals must understand the project environment to anticipate and address potential threats and opportunities.

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Webinar Recap: Project Performance Measurement – Part 3: Using MS Project to Track and Report on Performance

MPUG

Please find below a transcription of the audio portion of Fletcher Hearn’s session, Project Performance Measurement – Part 3: Using MS Project to Track and Report on Performance, being provided by MPUG for the convenience of our members. This one’s titled using MS Project to track and report on performance.

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Compendium of Works to Increase Probability of Project Success

Herding Cats

Business, Technical, Systems, Risk, and Project Management Briefings and Presentations. Project Performance Management (#PPM). Agile Project Management (#APM). Technical Performance Measures (#TPM). Cost, Schedule, and Technical Performance Management (#CSTPM). Project Performance Management.

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The Complete Glossary of 614 Project Management Terms

Workamajig

Acquisition Process: The process for acquiring the resources and people needed to complete a project. Events and milestones are represented as nodes. As Late as Possible (ALAP): In project management terms, ALAP is any activity that should be started as late as possible as long as it doesn't delay any of its successor activities.