The person assigned by the performing organization to lead the team that is responsible for achieving the project objectives.
Project Manager
The application of knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to project activities to meet the project requirements.
Project Management
Projects, programs, subsidiary portfolios, and operations managed as a group to achieve strategic objectives.
Portfolio
The document that describes how the project will be executed, monitored, and controlled, and closed.
Project Management Plan
The features and functions that characterize a product, service, or result.
Product Scope
A type of schedule that presents milestones with planned dates.
Milestone Schedule
The framework for directing and enabling an organization through its established policies, practices, and other relevant documentation.
Governance
The approved estimate for the project or any work breakdown structure (WBS) component or any schedule activity.
Budget
A hierarchical decomposition of the total scope of work to be carried out by the project team to accomplish the project objectives and create the required deliverables.
Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
A type of schedule that presents milestones with planned dates.
Milestone
An individual, group, or organization that may affect, be affected by, or perceive itself to be affected by a decision, activity, or outcome of a project, program, or portfolio.
Stakeholder
An uncertain event or condition that, if it occurs, has a positive or negative effect on one or more project objectives.
Risk
An uncertain event or condition that, if it occurs, has a positive or negative effect on one or more project objectives.
Risk
each stage will be completed before the next one starts. Every stage has its own deliverables and tasks
Waterfall Methodology
Document developed over the course of project. Summation of the risks specific to the project and the overall project risk level.
Risk Report
A component of the project, program, or portfolio management plan that describes how, when, and by whom information about the project will be administered and disseminated.
Communications Management Plan
Smoothing or accommodating is a conflict management strategy that emphasizes downplaying or minimizing the significance of the conflict. This approach focuses on maintaining relationships and reducing tension by emphasizing common ground and areas of agreement.
Smoothing/Accommodating
Collaboration or problem-solving is a conflict management strategy that encourages open dialogue and active participation from all stakeholders. This approach fosters a cooperative environment where all parties work together to identify the underlying causes of conflict and develop mutually beneficial solutions.
Collaborate/Problem-Solve
A set of conditions that is required to be met before deliverables are accepted.
Acceptance Criteria
Analysis of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats of an organization, project, or option.
SWOT Analysis
The series of phases that a project passes through from its start to its completion.
Project Life Cycle
A series of phases that represent the evolution of a product, from concept through delivery, growth, maturity, and to retirement.
Product Life Cycle
A document issued by the project initiator or sponsor that formally authorizes the existence of a project and provides the project manager with the authority to apply organizational resources to project activities.
Project Charter
A grid that shows the project resources assigned to each work package.
Responsibility Assignment Matrix (RAM)
A matrix that compares current and desired stakeholder engagement levels.
Stakeholder Engagement Assessment Matrix