Information technology project management – chapter 1

And international professional society for project managers

A group of projects managed in a coordinated way to obtain benefits and control not available for managing them individually

The application of knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to project activities to meet project requirements

A person who deals with the day-to-day details of meeting specific goals

A temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product, service, or result

A certification provided by PMI that requires documenting project experience and education, agreeing to follow the PMI code of ethics, and passing a comprehensive exam

Standard format for displaying project schedule information by listing project activities and their corresponding start and finish dates and a calendar format

Hiding the physical characteristics of come pewter and resources from their users, such as making a single server, operating system, application, or storage device appear to function as multiple virtual resources

Set of principles that guide our decision-making based on personal values of what is right and wrong

Balancing scope, time, and cost goals

Person who provides leadership and direction for the project managers heading the projects within a program

And organizational group responsible for coordinating the project management functions throughout an organization

And optimal way recognized by industry to achieve a stated goal or objective

The person who provided the direction and funding for a project

Project integration management, project scope management, project time management, project cost management, project quality management, project human resource management, project communications management, project risk management, project procurement management, and project stakeholder management

Person who focuses on long-term goals and big picture objectives, while inspiring people to reach those goals

People involved in or affected by project activities

Software that integrates information from multiple projects to show the status of active, approved, and future projects across an entire organization; also called 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; also called enterprise project management software

The person responsible for working with the project sponsor, the project team, and the other people involved in a project to meet project goals

The longest path through a network diagram that determines the earliest completion of a project