Compass

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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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(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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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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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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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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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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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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The development and maintenance of the project plan.
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Carrying out the project plan by performing the activities included
therein.
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Taking the results of other planning processes and putting them
into a consistent, coherent document.
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