What Is a Project Office and Why Is It Different From a PMO?
What Is a Project Office and Why Is It Different From a PMO? By Glen D. Ford If you’ve been involved in construction or other similar businesses, you’ve no doubt heard the term project...
Category: Project Management Definitions
Project Identification
Project Identification By Chuck Tryon Introduction The key feature of this activity is recognizing that identifying candidate projects is something that an organization should do on a regular basis, not just once each year....
Crashing in Project Management: A Comprehensive Guide
Crashing in Project Management: A Comprehensive Guide By Donald Patti Nearly every experienced project manager has been through it. You inherit a project with a difficult or near-impossible schedule and the order comes down...
Definition of Crashing (In Project Management Terms)
Definition of Crashing (In Project Management Terms) By Sivaraj Dhanasekaran Crashing is a schedule compression technique used to reduce or shorten the project schedule. The PM can various measures to accomplish this goal. Some...
What Is Construction Project Management?
What Is Construction Project Management? (#1 in the Hut Project Management for Construction) By Chris Hendrickson The management of construction projects requires knowledge of modern management as well as an understanding of the design...
The Project Baseline – A Project Management Definition
The Project Baseline – A Project Management Definition By Moises Ortiz The project’s baseline is used to measure how performance deviates from the plan. Your performance measurement would only be meaningful if you had...
PMO and Project Management Dictionary
Project Management Dictionary By John Filicetti Below is the definition of virutally all PMO/Project Management terms as written by John Filicetti. If you want to search for a specific word/acronym, press CTRL and the...
What Is a Business Project?
What Is a Business Project? By Glen D. Ford I know it sounds strange, but a few days ago, one of my small business clients actually asked me, “What is a business project?” I...
The Project Executive – Role and Responsibilities
The Project Executive – Role and Responsibilities (#10 in the Hut Introduction to Project Management) By JISC infoNet The Project Executive would normally come from the senior management of the customer organisation – that...
Functional and Non-Functional Requirements: A Primer
Functional and Non-Functional Requirements: A Primer By Ben Snyder, CEO of Systemation What does it do and how does it work? These two questions should be top of mind for every business analyst embarking...
