Information Technology Project Management 9th Edition Chapter 1

Information Technology Project Management 9th Edition Chapter 1 project ️A temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product, service, or result. DevOps ️A quality technique that helps identify which variables have the most influence on the overall outcome of a process Project Sponsor ️The person who provides the direction and funding for a project project manager ️the person responsible for working with the project sponsor, the project team, and the other people involved to meet project goals. Triple Constraint ️Balancing scope, time, and cost goals Project Management ️The application of knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to project activities to meet project requirements Stakeholders ️People involved in or affected by project activities Project Management Knowledge Areas ️Project integration management, scope, time, cost, quality, human resource, communications, risk, procurement, and stakeholder management Project Management Tools and Techniques ️Methods available to assist project managers and their teams; some popular time-management tools include Gantt charts, network diagrams, and critical path analysis program ️A group of related projects, subprograms, and program activities managed in a coordinated way to obtain benefits not available from managing them individually. megaproject ️a very large project that typically costs over US $1 billion, affects over one million people, and lasts several years Program Manager ️A person who provides leadership and direction for the project managers heading the projects within a program Project portfolio management ️When organizations group and manage projects as a portfolio of investments that contribute to the entire enterprise's success portfolio ️Projects, programs, subsidiary portfolios, and operations managed as a group to achieve strategic objectives. best practice ️An optimal way recognized by industry to achieve a stated goal or objective organizational project management ️A framework in which portfolio, program, and project management are integrated with organizational enablers in order to achieve strategic objectives. leader ️A person who focuses on long-term goals and big-picture objectives, while inspiring people to reach those goals manager ️A person who deals with the day-to-day details of meeting specific goals Laissez-faire ️a leadership style meaning "let go," this hands-off approach lets teams determine their own goals and how to achieve them Transactional ️a leadership style using a management by exception approach that focuses on acheiving goals or compliance by offering team members appropriate rewards and punishments servant leader ️a leadership style in which people focus on relationships and community first and