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Computer-based system that accepts and processes data and produces information for users
What is an information system (IS)?
Technique of breaking down certain tasks into smaller units to try to fit them into the project plan, particularly when a project has a set of activities that are repeated several times
What is laddering?
This visualizes the sequential and logical relationships between tasks in a project setting
What is a network diagram?
What you plan to achieve by the end of the project, such as deliverables and assets
What is an objective?
Attainable, time-bound, specific goals you can measure at the end of the project, such as expected benefits, deliverables, date by which the project is required to be completed and the budget
What are project objectives?
An outline of the entire project, including any deliverables and their features as well as stakeholders who will be affected
What is a project scope document?
The common understanding among stakeholders about what goes into a project and what factors define its success
What is project scope?
Project-specific plan that describes the activities, standards, tools and processes necessary to achieve quality in the delivery of a project
What is a project quality plan?
Chart that maps out every tasks, milestone or key decision and assigns which roles are responsible for each action item
What is a responsibility assignment matrix (RAM)?
Framework that describes the activities performed during each phase of a systems development project
What is a systems development life cycle (SDLC)?
Hierarchical tree structure that outlines the project and breaks it down into smaller, more manageable portions
What is a work breakdown structure (WBS)?
Group of related tasks within a project
What is a work package?
These define the functional, operational and performance specifications or capabilities that must be met for the project's end product and other project deliverables
What are customer requirements?
Formal document that defines the entire scope of the work involved for a vendor and clarifies deliverables, costs and timeline
What is a statement of work (SOW)?
Products or outputs that the project team or contractor will produce and provide to the customer during and at the completion of the performance of the project
What are deliverables?
The three most common techniques of network diagramming
What are program evaluation and review technique (PERT), critical path method (CPM), and precedence diagramming method (PDM)?
An illogical relationship among activities in a network diagram
What is a loop?
The systematic arrangement of tasks to accomplish an objective
What is planning?
Business document that announces and provides details about a project, as well as solicits bids from contractors
What is a request for proposal (RFP)?
A defined piece of work that consumes time
What is an activity?