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best practice | An optimal way recognized by industry to achieve a stated goal or objective. |
critical path | The longest path through a network diagram that determines the earliest completion of a project. |
enterprise project management software | Software that integrates information from multiple projects to show the status of active, approved and future projects across an entire organization; sometimes called Portfolio Project Management. |
ethics | A set of principles that guide our decision making based on personal values of what is "Right" and "Wrong". |
Gantt Chart | A standard format for displaying project schedule information by listing project activities and their corresponding start and finish dates in a calendar format. |
green IT or green computing | Developing or using computer resources in an efficient way to improve economic viability, social responsibility and environmental impact. |
leader | A person who focuses on long-term goals and big-picture objectives while inspiring others to reach those goals. |
manager | A person who deals with the day-to-day details of meeting specific goals. |
Portfolio project management software | Software that integrates information from multiple projects to show the status of active, approved and future projects across an entire organization; sometimes called enterprise project management software. |
program | A group of projects managed in a coordinated way to obtain benefits and control not available from managing them individually. |
program manager | A person who provides leadership and direction for the project managers heading the projects within a program. |
project | A temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product, service or result. |
project management | The application of knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to project activities to meet project requirements. |
PMI - Project Management Institute | An international society for project managers. |
project management knowledge areas | Project Integration, Scope, Time, Cost, Quality, HR, Communications, Risk and Procurement. |
PMO - Project Management Office | An organizational group responsible for coordinating the project management functions throughout an organization. |
PMP - Project Management Professional | 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 tools and techniques | Methods available to assist project managers and their teams: such as: Gantt charts, network diagrams, and critical path analysis. |
project manager | The person responsible for working with the project sponsor, the project team, and other people involved in a project to meet project goals. |
project portfolio management | When an organization groups and manages projects as portfolio of investments to the entire enterprise's success. |
sponsor | The person who provides the direction and funding for a project |
stakeholders | People in or affected by the project activities (Major and Minor) Internal and external. |
triple constraint | Balancing Scope, Time and Costs |
quadruple constraint | Quality is impacted by: Scope, Time and Costs. |
virtualization | Hiding the physical characteristics of computing resources from the users, such as making a single server, operating system, application of storage device to appear and function as multiple virtual resources. |