P.M.'s Role I
Responsible for developing a definition of the project and ensuring the project is delivered on time.
Project Manager
Refers to how the Project Manager behaves when performing the project or related activity.
Personal
A narrative description of products or services to be delivered by the project.
Project Statement of Work (SOW)
A formal approved document that defines how the project is executed. monitored and controlled.
Project Management Plan
Defines each deliverable and further breaks down deliverable into smaller tasks.
Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
Person who commissions others to deliver the project and champions the cause throughout the project.
Project Sponsor
What the project manager is able to do or accomplish while applying project management knowledge.
Performance
A mutually binding agreement
Contract
A specific version of the schedule model used to compare actual results to the plan.
Schedule Baseline
Contains the actual detailed description of the work required.
WBS Dictionary
Staff who actively works on the project.
Project Team Members
A collection of projects or programs grouped together to facilitate effective management.
Portfolio Management
The document that provides the necessary information from a business standpoint to determine whether or not the project is worth the investment.
Business Case
A specific version of the time-phased budget used to compare actual expenses to planned expenses.
Cost Performance Baseline
This guide is the standard for managing most projects most of the time across many types of industries.
Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK)
An organizational function performing the ongoing execution of activities that produce the same product or service.
Operations Management
A document issued by the project initiator or sponsor that formally authorizes the project.
Project Charter
An approved specific version of the detailed scope statement, WBS and its associated WBS dictionary.
Scope Baseline
This refers to what the project manager knows about project management.
Knowledge
Any external or internal factors that influence the project's success.
Enterprise Environmental Factors
Information provided by a group or individual with specialized knowledge or training.
Expert Judgement
Includes the product scope description and the project deliverable.
Project Scope Statement