Planning & Scheduling Exam 1
1.Types of Management: 1. General Management
2. Program Management
3. Portfolio Management
4. Project Management
5. Specialty Management
2.Project: A temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique
product, service, or result. No 2 project are the same. Every project has
a start and finish point, and a deliverable.
3.Program: A group of related projects managed in coordinated way to
obtain benefits and control not available from managing them
individually. Programs may include elements of related work outside of
the scope of the discrete projects in the program.
4.Portfolio: A group of projects, not necessarily related or
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,dependent, that is, usually under one manager or department.
PMI defines it as "projects, programs, subportfolios, and operations
managed as a group to achieve strategic objectives".
5.Project management: The application of knowledge, skills, tools and
techniques to project activities to meet the project requirements.
6.Project management in construction includes:: Scheduling/Time
Manage- ment
Budge/Cost Management
Document Management
Risk Management
Procurement
Management
Change/Scope
Management Project
administration Quality
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, management
Safety management
7.Project scheduling: The determination of the timing and sequence of
operations in the project and their assembly to give the overall
completion time
8.Project planning: Serves as a foundation for several related functions
such as cost estimating, scheduling, and project control. The process of
choosing the one method and order of work to be adopted for a project
from all the various ways and sequences in which it could be done.
9.Planning can take different shapes and have different contents
depending on:: The purpose of the plan
The timing of the plan
The level of details needed
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1.Types of Management: 1. General Management
2. Program Management
3. Portfolio Management
4. Project Management
5. Specialty Management
2.Project: A temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique
product, service, or result. No 2 project are the same. Every project has
a start and finish point, and a deliverable.
3.Program: A group of related projects managed in coordinated way to
obtain benefits and control not available from managing them
individually. Programs may include elements of related work outside of
the scope of the discrete projects in the program.
4.Portfolio: A group of projects, not necessarily related or
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,dependent, that is, usually under one manager or department.
PMI defines it as "projects, programs, subportfolios, and operations
managed as a group to achieve strategic objectives".
5.Project management: The application of knowledge, skills, tools and
techniques to project activities to meet the project requirements.
6.Project management in construction includes:: Scheduling/Time
Manage- ment
Budge/Cost Management
Document Management
Risk Management
Procurement
Management
Change/Scope
Management Project
administration Quality
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, management
Safety management
7.Project scheduling: The determination of the timing and sequence of
operations in the project and their assembly to give the overall
completion time
8.Project planning: Serves as a foundation for several related functions
such as cost estimating, scheduling, and project control. The process of
choosing the one method and order of work to be adopted for a project
from all the various ways and sequences in which it could be done.
9.Planning can take different shapes and have different contents
depending on:: The purpose of the plan
The timing of the plan
The level of details needed
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