Project Management Terms and Concepts – PMP/CAPM

Project Management Terms and Concepts (145+ Concepts and counting)

I have seen many of us struggle with the clear definitions of the following Project Management Terms and Concepts and therefore consider them interchangeable. This is my effort to clear the air with clear definitions with examples and major differences.

1. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
2. Project Management Plan and Subsidiary plans
3. Rolling Wave Planning
4. Progressive Elaboration
5. Organizational Structures 
6. Information, Knowledge and Wisdom Pyramid (DIKW Pyramid)
7. Project Manager’s Capability and Skills Development
8. Project Charter
9. Procurement, Purchasing, Contract, Agreement, Contract Types and Risks Associate
10. Work Performance Data,  Information and Reports
11. EEF vs OPA
12. Introduction to Tools and Techniques – PMP/CAPM (PMBOK 6 – ECO 2019)
13. A Project Benefits Management Plan (PBMP)
14. Business Case
15. KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) and OKRs (Objectives and Key Results)
16. Organization Project Management (OPM)
17. Project Management Office (PMO)
18. ADKAR – A Change Management
    • Team
19. Lessons Learned Register and Lessons Learned Repository
20. MBO (MANAGEMENT BY OBJECTIVES)
21. COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE (COP)
22. TEAM DEVELOPMENT STAGES (TUCKMAN LADDER)
23. Team Building
24. Team Norms, Team Charters, and Ground Rules
25. Coaching, Mentoring and Training
26. Conflict Management
    • Project
27. Project, Program and Portfolio
28. Operations and Projects 
29. Project Manufacturing vs Operations
30. Project Life Cycle vs Product Life Cycle vs Project Management Phases
31. Project Team vs Project management Team
    • Schedule
32. WBS vs Activity
33. Lead vs Lag
34. Crashing vs Fast Tracking
35. Control Account, Work Package, Planning Package
36. Effort vs Duration vs Schedule
37. Critical Path Method vs Critical Chain Method
38. Critical Path Method 
39. Resource Leveling and Resource Smoothing
40. Master Schedule vs Milestone Schedule
41. Free Float vs Project Float vs Total Float
42. Dangling Activities
43. Hammock Activity
44. S-Curve
    • Scope and Requirement
45. Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
46. Product Requirements and Project Requirements 
47. Scope Creep vs Gold Plating
48. Requirement vs Scope
49. Product Scope vs Project Scope
50. Verified Deliverables vs Accepted Deliverables (Also Video Clarification)
51. Discrete Effort vs Apportioned Effort vs Level of Effort
52. Change Request
53. Contract Closure and Administrative Closure
54. Change Management and Configuration management
55. Organization Governance and Project Governance
56. Context Diagram
    • Risk
57. Event-Based Risk Vs Non Event Risks
58. Risk Register vs Risk Report
59. issue and Risk
60. Negative Risks (threat) and Positive Risks (Opportunity)
61. Known Risk and Unknown Risks
62. Passive Acceptance of Risk and Active Acceptance of Risk
63. Contingency Reserves and Management Reserves
64. Mitigation plan, Fallback Plan, Contingency Plan and Workaround
65. Risk Attitude, Risk Appetite, Risk Tolerance and Risk Threshold
66. Residual Risk vs Secondary Risk
67. Qualitative Risk Analysis
68. PROBABILITY AND IMPACT MATRIX 
69. Quantitative Risk Analysis (Sensitivity Analysis, Monte Carlo Simulation, Decision Tree (EMV))
    • Quality
70. Validate Scope and Control Quality
71. Quality Assurance and Control Quality
72. PDCA/PDSA : Plan-Do-Check-Act/Plan-Do-Study-Act
73. Quality vs Grade
74. Accuracy vs Precision
75. Inspection and Audit
76. The histogram, the 80/20 rule, and the Pareto chart 
77. Corrective action, Preventive action and Defect repairs.
78. Sampling – Project Management Seminars (PMP) ; 22 Sep, 2018
    • Quality Theories
79. Six Sigma
80. Juran Trilogy – Quality planning, control and improvement 
81. Cost of Quality 
82. Kaizen (Continuous Improvement)
    • Cost
83. Budget vs Cost Estimates
84. Cost baseline vs Budget
    • Stakeholders
85. Responsibility Assignment Matrix (RAM) / RACI Matrix
86. Stakeholders with Stakeholder Analysis, Stakeholder Cube, Salience Model, Power/Interest Grids
87. Stakeholders Engagement Assessment Matrix
    • Agile Project Management
88. Predictive, Adaptive and Hybrid Approaches
89. Agile Adaptive Planning 
90. Epic, Theme, User Stories, Tasks and Features
91. Agile Project Management
92. Definition of Done (DoD) and Definition of Ready (DoR)
93. T Shaped and I Shaped Skills 
94. Impediments, Obstacles, and Blockers
95. MVP and MBI
96. The Product Box; An Agile Planning
97. The XP metaphor
98. SPRINT H – HARDENING SPRINT
99. Agile Center of Excellence (ACoE) and A Value Delivery Office (VDO)
    • Project Estimation Technique
100. Project Estimation Technique
101. Analogous Estimation
102. Bottom-up Estimation
103. Three-point Estimation
104. Parametric Estimation
105. Project Estimation (Video Explanation)
106. Accuracy of Estimates
     • Emotional Intelligence
107. Project Management | Top 8 Must-Have Social Skills
108. Important Motivational Elements for Project Success
109. Empathy: The Winning Skill in Project Management
110. Project Management: Self-Learning Journey
111. Self-Regulation: Foundation of Emotional Intelligence
     • Project Management Process Groups
112. Project Management Process Groups
113. Initiation Process Group
114. Planning Process Group
115. Execution Process Group
116. Monitoring & Controlling Process Group
117. Closing Process Group
118. Project Management Knowledge Areas
     • Project Integration Management Knowledge Area
119. Project Integration Management Knowledge Area (Summary View)
120. Project Integration Management Knowledge Area (Process Details)
121. Project Integration Management Knowledge Area (Video Explanation)
     • Project Scope Management Knowledge Area
122. Project Scope Management Knowledge Area (Summary View)
123. Project Scope Management Knowledge Area (Process Details)
124. Project Scope Management Knowledge Area (Video Explanation)
     • Project Schedule Management Knowledge Area
125. Project Schedule Management Knowledge Area (Summary View)
126. Project Schedule Management Knowledge Area (Process Details)
127. Project Schedule Management Knowledge Area (Video Explanation)
     • Project Cost Management Knowledge Area
128. Project Cost Management Knowledge Area (Summary View)
129. Project Cost Management Knowledge Area (Process Details)
130. Project Cost Management Knowledge Area (Video Explanation)
     • Project Quality Management Knowledge Area
131. Project Quality Management Knowledge Area (Summary View)
132. Project Quality Management Knowledge Area (Process Details)
133. Project Quality Management Knowledge Area (Video Explanation)
     • Project Resource Management Knowledge Area
134. Project Resource Management Knowledge Area (Summary View)
135. Project Resource Management Knowledge Area (Process Details)
136. Project Resource Management Knowledge Area (Video Explanation)
     • Project Communications Management Knowledge Area
137. Project Communications Management Knowledge Area (Summary View)
138. Project Communications Management Knowledge Area (Process Details)
139. Project Communications Management Knowledge Area (Video Explanation)
     • Project Risk Management Knowledge Area
140. Project Risk Management Knowledge Area (Summary View)
141. Project Risk Management Knowledge Area (Process Details)
142. Project Risk Management Knowledge Area (Video Explanation)
     • Project Procurement Management Knowledge Area
143. Project Procurement Management Knowledge Area (Summary View)
144. Project Procurement Management Knowledge Area (Process Details)
145. Project Procurement Management Knowledge Area (Video Explanation)
     • Project Stakeholder Management Knowledge Area
146. Project Stakeholder Management Knowledge Area (Summary View)
147. Project Stakeholder Management Knowledge Area (Process Details)
148. Project Stakeholder Management Knowledge Area (Video Explanation)