Class 1 Flashcards
An optimal way recognized by industry to achieve a stated goal or objective
Best Practice
A temporary endeavour undertaken to create a unique product, service, or result
Project
The application of knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to project activities to meet project requirements
Project Management
Project integration management, scope, time, cost, quality, resource, communications, risk, procurement, and stakeholder management
Project Management Knowledge Area
The person responsible for working with the project sponsor, the project team, and the other people involved to meet project goals
Project Manager
Methods available to assist project managers and their teams; some popular time-management tools include Gantt charts, network diagrams, and critical path analysis
Project Management Tools and Techniques
The person who provides the direction and funding for a project
Project Sponsor
People involved in or affected by project activities
Stakeholders
Balancing scope, time, and cost goals
Triple Constraint
When organizations group manage projects as a portfolio of investments that contribute to the entire enterprises success
Project Portfolio Management
Software that integrates information from multiple projects to show the status of active, approved, and future projects across an entire organization; also called portfolio project management software
Project Management Software
[Abbreviation] An international professional society for project managers
Project Management Institute (PMI)
A group of related projects, sub-programs, and program activities managed in a coordinated way to obtain benefits and control not available from managing them individually
Program
A standard format for displaying project schedule information by listing project activities and their corresponding start and finish dates in a calendar format; some-times referred to as bar charts
Gantt Chart
[Abbreviation] Certification provided by PMI that requires documenting project experience and education, agreeing to follow the PMI code of ethics, and passing a comprehensive exam
Project Management Professional (PMP)
