Risk Breakdown Structure

As a project unfolds, the project management team and or the project management team leader will find themselves in positions in which they realize that a particular component as to the project and or a particular facet of that project does in fact come with a set or series of inherent risk. When attempting to … Read more

Quality Management and Control Tools

Project management requires different types of quality planning tools. The Quality Management and Control tools refer to the tools that are used to sequence as well as provide links to the activities identified during project management planning. There are basically seven types of Quality Management and Control tools used as follows: Affinity diagrams: This is … Read more

Acronyms and Abbreviations

The following list includes all common acronyms and abbreviations that are used in the world of project management. Terms are linked to definitions where available. Please let me know if you miss an abbreviation or an acronym! I will also extend this list from time to time. However, this list is supposed to include only … Read more

Definitions

Browse all 697 project management terms and definitions below — organised A to Z. Use the search box to jump straight to a term. Search a b c d e f g h i k l m n o p q r s t u v w a Accept Acceptance – Definition Acceptance Criteria Accepted … Read more

All new terms of the PMBOK 5th edition

It took a bit longer to go through this, but here they are, all the terms that have been added to the 5th edition of the Project Management Body of Knowledge, 5th edition. There are some interesting terms in it, terms that we would have thought were already part of the project management world but … Read more