Summary of Our Deliberations
Putting all this together, we can now add these descriptions to our original
Figure 1 to present a summary chart of Glossaries as
shown in Figure 3.
|
Group |
Glossary Name |
Ref** |
Type |
Level in Group hierarchy and Comments |
|
Project Management
Disciplines |
GoVernance |
V |
Corporate Policy |
Overarching all PM activities |
|
PortFolio |
F |
PPfM Discipline |
Level 1-Incl. relevant T&T |
High |
|
ProGram |
G |
PgM Discipline |
Level 2-Ditto |
|
ProJect |
J |
SPM Discipline |
Level 3-Ditto |
|
Tools & TechNiques |
N |
PM Processes |
Level 4-All T&T only |
Low |
|
Industry/Product
Domain
(Activity Sectors or
Area of PM Application) |
Construction |
C |
Tangible-Craft |
Group Category 1 |
Low |
|
Healthcare (Administration) |
H |
Intangible-Craft |
Group Category 2 |
|
Manufacturing |
M |
Tangible-Intellect |
Group Category 3 |
|
Info Technology (& High Tech work) |
T |
Intangible-Intellect |
Group Category 4 |
High |
|
Note re column marked "Ref**": As well as being used for sorting,
these letters appear against each entry in the various Glossaries to show in which
other Glossaries the entry will be found. This provides a measure
of the universality of the term in question. |
Figure 3: Glossaries in the Project Domain and in Industry/Product Sectors
Of course, we recognize that our analysis and findings are far from perfect;
not least because of the number of subjective judgments we have had to make. Nevertheless,
we hope that we have achieved our objective of developing a set of Glossaries
that are more user-friendly, useful and reliable.
To see list of options and order, go HERE.
|
Comments
Regarding Appendix A