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| the person responsible for supervising a systems project from initiation to conclusion, Successful projects managers possess a wide range of technical, management, leadership, and communication skills. |
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| a sequence of activities must be completed 0n time within budget and according to specification. |
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| the process of scoping, planning, staffing, organizing, directing, and controlling the development of an acceptable system at a minimum cost within a specified time frame. |
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| the activity of documenting. managing, and continually improving the process of systems development. |
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| the unexpected and gradual growth requirements during an information systems project. |
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| a graphical network model used to depict the interdependencies between a project's tasks. |
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| a bar chart used to depict project tasks against a calendar. |
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| joint project planning (JPP) |
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| a strategy in which all stakeholders attend an Intensive Workshop aimed at tracking consensus on project decisions. |
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| the boundaries of a Project. The Areas of a business that a project may (or may not) address. |
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| a narrative description of the work to be performed as part of a project. Common synonyms include scope statement, project definition, project overview, and document of understanding. |
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| work breakdown structure (WBS) |
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| a graphical tool used to depict the hierarchical decomposition of a project into phases, activities, and tasks. |
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| an event signifying the completion of a major project deliverable. |
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| an estimated minimum amount of time needed to complete a task. |
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| pessimistic duration (PD) |
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| The estimated maximum amount of time needed to complete a task. |
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| The Estimated Amount Of Time Required To Complete A Task. |
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| an estimated amount of time required to complete a task, based on a weighted average of optimistic, pessimistic, and expected durations. |
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| a project scheduling approach that establishes a project start date and then schedules forward from that date. |
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| a project scheduling strategy that establishes a project deadline and the schedules backward from that date. |
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| a strategy for correcting resource overallocations. |
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| the sequence of dependent tasks that determines the earliest completion date for a project. |
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| the amount of delay that can be tolerated between the starting time and the completion time of a task without causing a delay in the completion date of a project. |
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| a formal strategy where in a process is established to facilitate changes that occur during a project. |
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| expectations management marts |
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| a tool used to understand the dynamics and impact of changing the parameters of a project. |
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