click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
C722 - module 11, 12
Project Management
Term | Definition |
---|---|
project life cycle phases | defining, planning, executing, closing |
phase 1 - defining | there will likely be few people involved in the initial development of the project proposal and the evaluation of which projects will be undertaken |
phase 2 - planning | subject matter experts may be added to the project team in order to carefully plan and budget the activities that will need to be completed |
phase 3 - executing | large numbers of people may be added to the project in order to complete the work |
phase 4 - closing | the team members will have completed the major work and a smaller team may remain to turn the results over to the customer |
project scope | is a written statement summarizing the work that will be completed to provide a project outcome that will meet the customer or sponsor’s requirements |
project justification | is a statement explaining the business need for the project. This is sometimes referred to as the business case. |
project sponsor | The person in the project organization who has authority to expend resources for projects |
project charter | a contract for the project which summarizes all the key information about the project |
iterative processes | where new information may come to light that requires that the initial scope be modified |
monitoring & controlling | During the monitoring process, if the project manager detects that the project is not being executed as planned, they may need to intercede in order to correct the situation |
statement of work (SOW) | the same as the project scope - what the result of the project is desired to be |
scope | is the number and type of features or functions |
time | the calendar time when something will be available, and the work time required to produce or procure the item |
cost | is the dollar expression of scope and time with an addition for money to be spent on meeting quality expectations |
scope creep | Scope creep occurs when there are any—but particularly small—incremental additions to the project scope that are not subject to the formal scope change process |
scope reduction | |
project baseline | determines what is included in the scope, functional requirements, business needs, and stakeholders |
project quality | is how well the feature meets the requirements of a scope or function |