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PMO Terms
CAPM study
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Servant Leaders | Focus on obstacle removal, diversion shield, and development opportunities for the team. |
| Team Development | Vision and objectives, roles and responsibilities, team operations, guidance and growth. |
| Predictive Approach | (Waterfall) when work is easily defined, scope is collected at the start of the project, there's a large investment or high risk. Use frequent reviews and change control. |
| Adaptive Approach | (Agile) combination of incremental and iterative, with shorter iterations |
| Hybrid Approach | Any combination of adaptive and predictive, useful when requirements are uncertain. (Most Common) |
| Product Scope | The features in the product |
| Project Scope | The work performed to deliver those features |
| Deterministic Estimating | Is a number or a point |
| Probabilistic Estimating | Is a range of options with probabilities for each |
| Absolute Estimates | Is a number |
| Relative Estimates | Is a comparison to other estimates |
| Flow Based Estimates | Uses cycle time (time to complete) and throughput (number completed) |
| Schedule Crashing | Throwing money and resources at it |
| Fast Tracking | Performing Items in parallel (at the same time) |
| Leads | How much we can bring an item forward |
| Lags | How long we must delay an item |
| Mandatory Dependencies | Dependencies that cannot be modified |
| Discretionary Dependencies | Dependencies that can be modified |
| External Dependencies | Dependencies impacted by non-project activities |
| Internal Dependencies | Dependencies impacted by project activities |
| Rolling Wave Planning | Near term - detailed plan, far away - high level idea |