Project Management: The Managerial Process Chapter 1 Vocabulary/Notes

Project Management: The Managerial Process Chapter 1 Vocabulary/Notes project - ANS is a temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product, service, or result program - ANS is a group of related projects designed to accomplish a common goal over an extended period of time project life cycle - ANS the stages found in all projects--definition, planning, execution, and closing defining - ANS 1. Goals 2. Specifications 3. Tasks 4. Responsibilities planning - ANS 1. Schedules 2. Budgets 3. Resources 4. Risks 5. Staffing executing - ANS 1. Status reports 2. Changes 3. Quality 4. Forecasts closing - ANS 1. Train customer 2. Transfer documents 3. Release resources 4. Evaluation 5. Lessons Learned agile PM - ANS A family of incremental, iterative development methods for completing projects ("rolling waves") Socio-Technical Approach - ANS leadership problem solving teamwork negotiation politics customer expectations technical - ANS scope WBS schedules resource allocation baseline budgets status reports