INDEX
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accountability
for deliverables
in moderate implementation level
Adams, Douglas, The Salmon of Doubt
agile development
work breakdown structure in
aleatory uncertainty
alignment gaps
alternatives, defining for capabilities
analysis
Analytical Hierarchical Process
as-is process flow
assumptions-based planning
avoidance of risk
baseline, see Performance Measurement Baseline (PMB); requirements baseline
baseline requirements, identifying
Beck, Kent
best practices
Borda ranking
bottom-up budget
Brooks, Frederick P., Jr.
budget
checklist for
estimates
for health insurance ERP system
for kitchen renovation project
measuring consumption against value production
in moderate implementation level
time-phased
for unmanned aerial vehicle project
Budgeted Cost for Work Scheduled (BCWS)
business need measure
capabilities
activities to deliver
assessing
customer purchase of
defining alternatives
defining in minimal implementation level
entry criteria for delivering
for health insurance ERP system
identifying needed
for kitchen renovation project
for major implementation level
measurable value from
in moderate implementation level
and system requirements
for unmanned aerial vehicle project
capabilities goal
capabilities-based planning
cardinal measures
cash flow
Change Control Management process
changes
recording
chaos, and uncertainties
checklist
for organizing project
performance analysis
for planning, scheduling, and budgeting
for project accounting
classes, of capabilities
cohesion
collaboration principles
communication
principles for
of risk
Concept of Operations (ConOps)
condition-event-consequence risk statement
conditions-concern risk statement
confidence interval
for estimates
for measures
context analysis, for requirements
continuous risk management
in minimal implementation level
control account
control account manager
corrective actions
cost accounting
for health insurance ERP system
for kitchen renovation project
for unmanned aerial vehicle project
Cost Performance Index (CPI)
costs
assessing
assigning to work packages
capturing
Performance Measurement Baseline and
as project risk element
recording
single point estimates of
summarizing by elements of work
variances
coupling
Critical Operational Issues (COI)
critical path
cross-references, between IMS and other documents
cumulative variance
customer satisfaction, MoE as basis
deliverables
defining
defining operational concepts of
defining outcomes
physical percent complete measurement criteria for
from work packages (WPs)
demand forecast
dependencies
cost/benefit assessment of
creating hidden
documentation
for project execution
see also specific names of documents
“done”
appearance of
capabilities and
defining
getting to, with acceptable outcomes
for health insurance ERP system
for kitchen renovation project
measuring progress toward
physical percent complete measures to define
success and
for unmanned aerial vehicle project
vision of
Durante, Blaise
duration accuracy
Earned Value Management (EVM)
efficiency, measuring
Einstein, Albert
elicitation
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system
epistemic uncertainty
Estimate at Completion (EAC)
estimates
confidence interval for
execution
documents needed during
of health insurance ERP system
of kitchen renovation project
of unmanned aerial vehicle project
execution gaps
exit criteria
fact-finding
for project goal
failed projects
failure
poorly defined requirements and
feedback
Five Immutable Practices and opportunities for
on performance
visual, on team progress
finish-to-start relationships
Five Immutable Practices
connection with principles
implementing
for sample projects
Five Immutable Principles
connection with practices
implementing
Five Processes
deploying
for sample projects
forecasting
foreseen uncertainty
future performance, vs. past performance
governance
governance process framework
Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide)
health insurance provider ERP system
“done,” capabilities and organization
Five Immutable Practices
impediments, execution, and performance analysis
progress, risk, and plan revision
requirements, planning, scheduling, and budgeting
resources, performance measurement, and cost accounting
wrap-up
hope, vs. strategy
if-then risk statement
impediments, handling
implementation
implementation levels
major
minimal
moderate
Integrated Master Schedule (IMS)
attributes of
mistakes in developing and implementing
integration, of work packages
integrity of data
Interface Control Document (ICO)
Johnson, Samuel
Joint Requirements Oversight Council (JROC)
Kahneman, Daniel
Kennedy, John
Key Performance Parameters (KPP)
kitchen remodel project
capabilities, and organizing
“done” appearance
Five Immutable Practices
Five Processes
impediments, execution, and performance analysis
progress, risk, and plan revision
requirements, planning, scheduling, and budgeting
resources, performance measurement, and cost accounting
wrap-up
knowledge
sharing by project managers
lag arrangements
lead arrangements
Lister, Tim
management
management reserve
master plan
master schedule, for work package outcome sequences
material and information flow
maturity of deliverables, verifying
maturity of products
Measure of Performance (MoP)
Measures of Effectiveness (MoEs)
for capability assessment
MECE (mutually exclusive, collectively exhaustive)
milestones
mission, connecting capabilities to success
mission need, measure of
Monte Carlo simulation
natural variation, uncertainty from
near critical paths
needs, assessing
negotiation
“off-the-shelf” procurement
ordinal risk measure
for health insurance ERP system
for kitchen renovation project
for unmanned aerial vehicle project
organization chart
organizational breakdown structure (OBS)
orientation principles
out-of-sequence work, schedule variance and
paired comparison analysis
past performance, vs. future performance
performance
feedback for schedule and resource adjustment
measurement, for unmanned aerial vehicle project
past as forecast for future
past vs. future
performance analysis
checklist
for health insurance ERP system
for kitchen renovation project
for unmanned aerial vehicle project
performance management
performance measurement, assigning
performance Measurement Baseline (PMB)
baselines in
establishing
execution
maintaining integrity of
in minimal implementation level
in moderate implementation level
setting
steps in developing
physical percent complete measures
assigning to outcomes
criteria for deliverables
to define “done”
of progress
using
plan
for kitchen renovation project
questions answered by
revising for health insurance ERP system
revising for kitchen renovation project
revising for unmanned aerial vehicle project
vs. schedule
planned progress measuring
planned value
planning
assumptions-based
capabilities-based
checklist for
for health insurance ERP system
for resources
for risk
for unmanned aerial vehicle project
pM Glossary
Powell, Colin
practices
tailoring to fit project see also Five Immutable Practices principles
see also Five Immutable Principles
prioritizing requirements
probability
of occurrence, histogram of
probability of Project Success (PoPS)
problem description
process management framework
process steps
processes
gaps between see also Five Immutable Processes
progress
defining
measurable assessment of
produced value to define
progress measurement
for health insurance ERP system
for kitchen renovation project
for unmanned aerial vehicle project
project accounting
checklist for
project governance
project management domain, aspects of
project performance analysis
projects
attributes of
checklist for organizing
examples
organizing
planning, schedule, and budget
purpose, creating clearly defined
questions, see Five Immutable Principles
RACI
reality testing
reduction of risk
reference class forecast
Request for Proposal (RFP)
Request for Quote (RFQ)
requirements
context analysis for
deconstructing into technical capabilities
evaluating and rationalizing
gathering, evaluating, and prioritizing
gathering and classifying
for health insurance ERP system
identifying baseline
integrating and validating
for kitchen renovation project
prioritizing
process and product performance
for technical and operational outcomes
for unmanned aerial vehicle project
requirements baseline
activities to deliver
in complex systems
identifying
in minimal implementation level
in moderate implementation level
requirements flow-down tree
Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM)
resource allocation, performance feedback for adjusting
Resource Management Plan
resources
assessing
assigning to work packages
for health insurance ERP system
identifying
integrating work with
for kitchen renovation project
planning for
for unmanned aerial vehicle project
responsibility, for work package delivery
Responsibility Assignment Matrix (RAM)
in moderate implementation level
revisions, recording
risk
assessing
communication of
identifying
managing for health insurance ERP system
managing for kitchen renovation project
managing for unmanned aerial vehicle project
planning for
role of
status of strategies, tracking
tolerance for
see also continuous risk management
Risk Management Plan (RMP)
sections in
Risk Register
scenarios
schedule
checklist for
for health insurance ERP system
for kitchen renovation project
performance feedback for adjusting
Performance Measurement Baseline and
vs. plan
as project risk element
rules for creating
single point estimates of
for unmanned aerial vehicle project
variances
Schedule Performance Index (SPI)
scope
deconstructing for project
deconstructing into work packages
separation of concerns
sequence of work, controlling
sharing risk
single point estimates
single point of responsibility
Software Engineering Institute (SEI)
software projects, use cases
specifications
stakeholders, use of system
Statement of Objectives (SOO)
Statement of Work (SOW)
storyboards
strategy, vs. hope
success
describing
“done” and
Five Immutable Principles
probability of
statement defining
success drivers
relationships among
sunk cost value
system requirements
and capabilities
see also requirements
tailoring process
technical capabilities, deconstructing system requirements into
technical performance, as project risk element
Technical Performance Measures (TPM)
value adjustment with
terminal nodes
throughput
time-phased budget
To Complete Performance Index (TCPI)
top-down budget
Toyota
trade space
Tversky, Amos
unforeseen uncertainty
unknown unknowns (UNK UNK)
unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) project
“done,” capabilities and organization
Five Immutable Practices
Five Processes
impediments, execution, and performance analysis
progress, risk, and plan revision
requirements, planning, scheduling, and budgeting
resources, performance measurement, and cost accounting
wrap-up
use cases
to define operational concepts
defining
in software projects
validation
of requirements
value of project
value stream
Value Stream Map (VSM)
value-focused thinking
variables
cost/benefit assessment of
of projects
variances
corrective actions for
for work processes
walk-walk process
WBS dictionary
well-formed requirements
what-if approach
Wideman, Max
work, integrating with resources
work authorization
work breakdown structure (WBS)
for kitchen renovation project
and progress measurement
variations in
work package manager
and resource control
work packages (WPs)
arranging
assigning resources and costs to
assigning responsibility for delivery
characteristics
deconstructing requirements into
deconstructing scope into
deliverables from
duration and work effort estimates for
integration of
in moderate implementation level
performance analysis
physical percent complete to measure progress
work sequence