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)
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