PMP Chapter 1

The areas of discipline that a project may center upon. Consider technology, law, sales, marketing, adn construction, among many others.

A thing that a project creates; projects generally create many deliverables as part of the project work.

A term to describe the three constrains of every project: time, cost, and scope. The sides of the Iron Triangle must be kept in balance or the qualaity of the project will suffer.

An organization that uses projects to move the company forward is usint the Management by Projects approach. These project-centric entities could manage any level of their work as a project.

The ongoing work of the business. Operations are a generic way to describe the activities that support the core funcctions of a business entity.

The abbreviated definition for PMI's A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge.

Your Goal. A PMP is certified by the Project Management Institute as a Project Management Professional.

A collection of projects working in unison to realize benefits that could not be achieved by managing each project independently of one another.

The process of starting with a large idea and, through incremental analysis, actions, and planning, making the idea more and more specific. Progressive elaboration is the generally accepted planning process for project management, wherein the project management team starts with a broad scope and works towards a specific, detailed plan.

An undertaking outside of normal operations to create a unique product, service, condition, or result. Projects are temporary, while operations are ongoing.

One of the nine project management knowledge areas; it is the planning and management of communication among project stakeholders. (See chapter 10 for more information on this topic.)

One of the nine project management knowledge areas; it is the estimating, budgeting, and controlling of the project expenses. (See chapter 7.)

One of the nine project management knowledge areas; projects are completed by people, and the project manager generally oversees the management of the human resources on the project team. (See chapter 9.)

One of the nine project management knowledge areas; this knowledge area coordinates the activities and completeness of the other eight knowledge areas. (See chapter 4.)

The management of the projects within an organization. It is the initiation, planning, executing, monitoring and controlling, and closing of the temporary endeavor of the project.