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.
- Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
- Project Management Plan and Subsidiary plans
- Rolling Wave Planning
- Progressive Elaboration
- Organizational Structures
- Information, Knowledge and Wisdom Pyramid (DIKW Pyramid)
- Project Manager’s Capability and Skills Development
- Project Charter
- Procurement, Purchasing, Contract, Agreement, Contract Types and Risks Associate
- Work Performance Data, Information and Reports
- EEF vs OPA
- Introduction to Tools and Techniques – PMP/CAPM (PMBOK 6 – ECO 2019)
- A Project Benefits Management Plan (PBMP)
- Business Case
- KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) and OKRs (Objectives and Key Results)
- Organization Project Management (OPM)
- Project Management Office (PMO)
- ADKAR – A Change Management
- Team
- Lessons Learned Register and Lessons Learned Repository
- MBO (MANAGEMENT BY OBJECTIVES)
- COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE (COP)
- TEAM DEVELOPMENT STAGES (TUCKMAN LADDER)
- Team Building
- Team Norms, Team Charters, and Ground Rules
- Coaching, Mentoring and Training
- Conflict Management
- Project
- Project, Program and Portfolio
- Operations and Projects
- Project Manufacturing vs Operations
- Project Life Cycle vs Product Life Cycle vs Project Management Phases
- Project Team vs Project management Team
- Schedule
- WBS vs Activity
- Lead vs Lag
- Crashing vs Fast Tracking
- Control Account, Work Package, Planning Package
- Effort vs Duration vs Schedule
- Critical Path Method vs Critical Chain Method
- Critical Path Method
- Resource Leveling and Resource Smoothing
- Master Schedule vs Milestone Schedule
- Free Float vs Project Float vs Total Float
- Dangling Activities
- Hammock Activity
- S-Curve
- Scope and Requirement
- Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
- Product Requirements and Project Requirements
- Scope Creep vs Gold Plating
- Requirement vs Scope
- Product Scope vs Project Scope
- Verified Deliverables vs Accepted Deliverables (Also Video Clarification)
- Discrete Effort vs Apportioned Effort vs Level of Effort
- Change Request
- Contract Closure and Administrative Closure
- Change Management and Configuration management
- Organization Governance and Project Governance
- Context Diagram
- Risk
- Event-Based Risk Vs Non Event Risks
- Risk Register vs Risk Report
- issue and Risk
- Negative Risks (threat) and Positive Risks (Opportunity)
- Known Risk and Unknown Risks
- Passive Acceptance of Risk and Active Acceptance of Risk
- Contingency Reserves and Management Reserves
- Mitigation plan, Fallback Plan, Contingency Plan and Workaround
- Risk Attitude, Risk Appetite, Risk Tolerance and Risk Threshold
- Residual Risk vs Secondary Risk
- Qualitative Risk Analysis
- PROBABILITY AND IMPACT MATRIX
- Quantitative Risk Analysis (Sensitivity Analysis, Monte Carlo Simulation, Decision Tree (EMV))
- Quality
- Validate Scope and Control Quality
- Quality Assurance and Control Quality
- PDCA/PDSA : Plan-Do-Check-Act/Plan-Do-Study-Act
- Quality vs Grade
- Accuracy vs Precision
- Inspection and Audit
- The histogram, the 80/20 rule, and the Pareto chart
- Corrective action, Preventive action and Defect repairs.
- Sampling – Project Management Seminars (PMP) ; 22 Sep, 2018
- Quality Theories
- Six Sigma
- Juran Trilogy – Quality planning, control and improvement
- Cost of Quality
- Kaizen (Continuous Improvement)
- Cost
- Budget vs Cost Estimates
- Cost baseline vs Budget
- Stakeholders
- Responsibility Assignment Matrix (RAM) / RACI Matrix
- Stakeholders with Stakeholder Analysis, Stakeholder Cube, Salience Model, Power/Interest Grids
- Stakeholders Engagement Assessment Matrix
- Agile Project Management
- Predictive, Adaptive and Hybrid Approaches
- Agile Adaptive Planning
- Epic, Theme, User Stories, Tasks and Features
- Agile Project Management
- Definition of Done (DoD) and Definition of Ready (DoR)
- T Shaped and I Shaped Skills
- Impediments, Obstacles, and Blockers
- MVP and MBI
- The Product Box; An Agile Planning
- The XP metaphor
- SPRINT H – HARDENING SPRINT
- Agile Center of Excellence (ACoE) and A Value Delivery Office (VDO)
- Project Estimation Technique
- Project Estimation Technique
- Analogous Estimation
- Bottom-up Estimation
- Three-point Estimation
- Parametric Estimation
- Project Estimation (Video Explanation)
- Accuracy of Estimates
- Emotional Intelligence
- Project Management | Top 8 Must-Have Social Skills
- Important Motivational Elements for Project Success
- Empathy: The Winning Skill in Project Management
- Project Management: Self-Learning Journey
- Self-Regulation: Foundation of Emotional Intelligence
- Project Management Process Groups
- Project Management Process Groups
- Initiation Process Group
- Planning Process Group
- Execution Process Group
- Monitoring & Controlling Process Group
- Closing Process Group
- Project Management Knowledge Areas
- Project Integration Management Knowledge Area
- Project Integration Management Knowledge Area (Summary View)
- Project Integration Management Knowledge Area (Process Details)
- Project Integration Management Knowledge Area (Video Explanation)
- Project Scope Management Knowledge Area
- Project Scope Management Knowledge Area (Summary View)
- Project Scope Management Knowledge Area (Process Details)
- Project Scope Management Knowledge Area (Video Explanation)
- Project Schedule Management Knowledge Area
- Project Schedule Management Knowledge Area (Summary View)
- Project Schedule Management Knowledge Area (Process Details)
- Project Schedule Management Knowledge Area (Video Explanation)
- Project Cost Management Knowledge Area
- Project Cost Management Knowledge Area (Summary View)
- Project Cost Management Knowledge Area (Process Details)
- Project Cost Management Knowledge Area (Video Explanation)
- Project Quality Management Knowledge Area
- Project Quality Management Knowledge Area (Summary View)
- Project Quality Management Knowledge Area (Process Details)
- Project Quality Management Knowledge Area (Video Explanation)
- Project Resource Management Knowledge Area
- Project Resource Management Knowledge Area (Summary View)
- Project Resource Management Knowledge Area (Process Details)
- Project Resource Management Knowledge Area (Video Explanation)
- Project Communications Management Knowledge Area
- Project Communications Management Knowledge Area (Summary View)
- Project Communications Management Knowledge Area (Process Details)
- Project Communications Management Knowledge Area (Video Explanation)
- Project Risk Management Knowledge Area
- Project Risk Management Knowledge Area (Summary View)
- Project Risk Management Knowledge Area (Process Details)
- Project Risk Management Knowledge Area (Video Explanation)
- Project Procurement Management Knowledge Area
- Project Procurement Management Knowledge Area (Summary View)
- Project Procurement Management Knowledge Area (Process Details)
- Project Procurement Management Knowledge Area (Video Explanation)
- Project Stakeholder Management Knowledge Area
- Project Stakeholder Management Knowledge Area (Summary View)
- Project Stakeholder Management Knowledge Area (Process Details)
- Project Stakeholder Management Knowledge Area (Video Explanation)