What is a Project?
A project refers to a temporary endeavor and sequence of connected tasks that aim to reach a series of business objectives and either create something unique or change an existing product, service, or organization. Projects can be either simple or complex and can be managed by one person or hundreds of people. Projects are typically managed by a project manager or executive.
Further Reading:
– A Complete Guide to Deliverables in Project Management
– Dependencies in Project Management – A Complete Guide
– How to Effectively Track Project Progress for Success?
– What is a Project in Project Management?
All Terms
- Acceptance Criteria
- Adaptive Project Framework (APF)
- Aggregate Project Plan (APP)
- Agile
- Artifact
- Backlog
- Burn Rate
- Constraint
- CAPEX (Capital Expenditure)
- Change control
- Change freeze
- Change management plan
- Change request
- Closing Phase
- Communications Management Plan
- Cost Management Plan
- Cost Overrun (Budget overrun)
- Cost Performance Index (CPI)
- Critical Chain Project Management (CCPM)
- Critical Path
- Critical Path Method (CPM)
- Deliverable
- Dependency
- Execution Phase
- Extreme Programming (XP)
- Feasibility study
- Gantt Chart
- Human Resource Plan
- Initiation phase
- Iteration
- Just in Time (JIT)
- Kanban
- Kickoff Meeting
- Key Performance Indicator (KPI)
- Lead Time
- Lean Production
- Milestone
- Net present value (NPV)
- Objectives
- Planning phase
- PRINCE2 (PRojects IN Controlled Environments)
- Project
- Project Manager
- Quality Assurance (QA)
- Quality Control (QC)
- Risk
- Risk Register
- Schedule Management Plan
- Scheduling
- Scope
- Scope Creep
- Scrum
- Sprint
- Stakeholder
- Test
- Use Case
- User Acceptance Test (UAT)
- Virtual Teams
- Value stream mapping
- Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
- Workaround
- Waterfall Methodology
- X-bar control chart
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What is a Project?
A project refers to a temporary endeavor and sequence of connected tasks that aim to reach a series of business objectives and either create something unique or change an existing product, service, or organization. Projects can be either simple or complex and can be managed by one person or hundreds of people. Projects are typically managed by a project manager or executive.
Further Reading:
– A Complete Guide to Deliverables in Project Management
– Dependencies in Project Management – A Complete Guide
– How to Effectively Track Project Progress for Success?
– What is a Project in Project Management?
