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Best Practice
an optimal way recognized by industry to achieve a stated goal or objective
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Cricical Path
the longest path through a network diagram that determines the earliest completion of a project
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Enterprise Project Management Software
software that integrates information from multiple projects to show the status of active, approved, and future projects across an entire organization; also called protfolio project management software
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Ethics
a set of principles that guide our decision making based on personal values of what is "right" and "wrong"
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Gantt Chart
a standard format for displaying project schedule information by listing project activities and their corresponding start and finish dates in a calendar format
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Green IT or Green Computing
developing and using computer resources in an efficient way to improve economic viability, social responsibility, and environmental impact
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Leader
a person who focuses on long-term goals and big-picture objectives, while inspiring people to reach those goals
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Manager
a person who deals with the day-to-day details of meeting specific goals
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Portfolio Project Management Software
software that integrates information from multiple projects to show the status of active, approved, and future projects across an entire organization; also called enterprise project management software
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Program
a goup of projects managed in a coordinated way to obtain benefits and control not available from managing them individually
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Program Manager
a person who provides leadership and direction for the project managers heading the projects within a program
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Project
a temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product, service, or result
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Project Management
the application of knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to project activities to meet project requirements
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Project Management Institute (PMI)
an international professional society for project managers
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Project Management Knowledge Areas
project integration management, scope, time, cost, quality, human resource, communications, risk, and procurement management
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Project Management Office (PMO)
an organizational group responsible for coordinating the project management functions throughout an organization
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Project Management Professional (PMP)
certification provided by PMI that requires documenting project experience and education, agreeing to follow the PMI code of ethics, and passing a comprehensive exam
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Project Management Tools and Techniques
methods available to assist project managers and their teams; some popular tools in the time management knowledge area include Gantt charts, network diagrams, and critical path analysis
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Project Manager
the person responsible for working with the project sponsor, the project team, and the other people involved in a project to meet project goals
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Project Portfolio Management or Portfolio Management
when organizations group and manage projects as a protfolio of investments that contribute to the entire enterprise's success
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Project Sponsor
the person who provides the direction and funding for a project
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Stakeholders
people involved in or affected by project activities
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Triple Constraint
balancing scope, time, and cost goals
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Virtualization
hiding the physical characteristics of computing resources from their users, such as making a single server, operating system, application, or storage device appear to function as multiple virtual resources
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