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A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge
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A PMI publicationthat defines widely accepted project management practices. The CAPM and the PMPexam are based on this book.
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Application areas
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The areas of expertise, industry, or function where a project is centered.Examples of application areas include architecture, IT, health care, or manufacturing.
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Certified associate in project management
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A person who has slightly lessproject management experience than a PMP but has qualified for and then passed theCAPM examination.
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Cultural and social environment
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Defines how a project affects people and how thosepeople may affect the project. Cultural and social environments include the economic,educational, ethical, religious, demographic, and ethic composition of the people affectedby the project.
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Deliverable
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A product, service, or result created by a project. Projects can have multipledeliverables.
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General management skills
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These include the application of accounting, procurement,sales and marketing, contracting, manufacturing, logistics, strategic planning, humanresource management, standards and regulations, and information technology.
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International and political environment
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The consideration of the local and internallaws, languages, communication challenges, time zone differences, and other non-collocatedissues that affect a project’s ability to progress.
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Interpersonal skills
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The ability to interact, lead, motivate, and manage people.
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Iron Triangle of Project Management
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A triangle with the characteristics of time, cost,and scope. Time, cost, and scope each comprise one angle of the triangle; if any side ofthe Iron Triangle is not in balance with other sides, the project will suffer.
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Physical environment
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The physical structure and surrounding that affect a project’s work.
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Program
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A collection of related projects working in unison towards a common deliverable.
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Progressive elaboration
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Describes the process of gathering project details in steady, uniform steps. This process uses deductive reasoning, logic, and a series of information gathering techniques to identify details about a project, product, or solution.
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Project
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A short-term endeavor to create a unique product, service, or result. The end result of a project is also called a deliverable.
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Project environment
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The location and culture of the environment where the project work will reside. The project environment includes the social, economic, and environmentalvariables the project must work with or around.
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Project Management Institute
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An organization of project management professionals from around the world supporting and promoting the careers, values, and concerns of project managers.
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