Dictionary

Resource Leveling

Any form of network analysis in which scheduling decisions (start and finish
dates) are driven by resource management concerns (e.g., limited resource availability
or difficult-to-manage changes in resource levels).
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Quality Control (QC)

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(1) The process of monitoring specific project results to determine if
they comply with relevant quality standards and identifying ways to eliminate causes
of unsatisfactory performance. (2) The organizational unit that is assigned responsibility
for quality control.
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Quality Assurance (QA)

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(1) The process of evaluating overall project performance on a regular
basis to provide confidence that the project will satisfy the relevant quality
standards. (2) The organizational unit that is assigned responsibility for quality
assurance.
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Project Time Management

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A subset of project management that includes the processes required
to ensure timely completion of the project. It consists of activity definition,
activity sequencing, activity duration estimating, schedule development, and schedule
control.
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Project Scope Management

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A subset of project management that includes the processes required
to ensure that the project includes all of the work required, and only the
work required, to complete the project successfully. It consists of initiation, scope
planning, scope definition, scope verification, and scope change control.
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Project Risk Management

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A subset of project management that includes the processes concerned
with identifying, analyzing, and responding to project risk. It consists of risk
identification, risk quantification, risk response development, and risk response control.
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Project Quality Management

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A subset of project management that includes the processes required
to ensure that the project will satisfy the needs for which it was undertaken.
It consists of quality planning, quality assurance, and quality control.
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Project Procurement Management

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A subset of project management that includes the
processes required to acquire goods and services from outside the performing organization.
It consists of procurement planning, solicitation planning, solicitation,
source selection, contract administration, and contract close-out.
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