General Project Management Concepts
- Dependency in a project network is a link amongst a project's terminal elements.
- Duration of a project's terminal element is the number of calendar periods it takes from the time the execution of element starts to the moment it is completed.
- Float in a project network is the amount of time that a task in a project network can be delayed without causing a delay to subsequent tasks and or the project completion date.
- Hammock activity – is a schedule (project management) or project planning term for a grouping of subtasks that "hangs" between two end dates it is tied to. (Or the two end-events it is fixed to.)
- Product breakdown structure – (PBS) in project management is an exhaustive, hierarchical tree structure of components that make up an item, arranged in whole-part relationship.
- Product description – in project management is a structured format of presenting information about a project product
- Project Management Body of Knowledge – (PMBOK) : The sum of knowledge within the profession of project management that is standardized by ISO.
- Project Management Triangle – is a model of the constraints of project management.
- Resources in project management terminology are required to carry out the project tasks. They can be people, equipment, facilities, funding, or anything else capable of definition (usually other than labour) required for the completion of a project activity.
- Scope of a project in project management is the sum total of all of its products and their requirements or features.
- Tasks in project management are activity that needs to be accomplished within a defined period of time.
- Work in project management is the amount of effort applied to produce a deliverable or to accomplish a task (a terminal element).
- Vertical slice – is a type of milestone, benchmark, or deadline, with emphasis on demonstrating progress across all components of a project.
- Work package – is a subset of a project that can be assigned to a specific party for execution. Because of the similarity, work packages are often misidentified as projects.
- Workstream – is a set of associated activities, focused around a particular scope that follow a path from initiation to completion.
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