- P3s
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 See Public-Private Partnerships
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- PA
- See Progressive Acquisition
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- Package
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 See Work Package. [D01139]
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SU |
- A general purpose mechanism for organizing elements into groups. Packages may be nested within other packages. [D04863]
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RUP |
- PAR
- See Problem Analysis Report
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- Parallel Activities
- Two or more activities than can be done at the same time. This allows a project to be completed faster than if the activities were arranged serially in a straight line. [D01140]
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WST
PMST |
- Parallel Tasks
- Independent tasks that proceed concurrently. [D06082]
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PMTWG |
- Parameter
- The specification of a variable that can be changed, passed, or returned by an operation. . [D04864]
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RUP |
- Parameters
- Any of a set of physical properties whose values determine the characteristics or behavior of something.
Editor's Note: In project work, typically refers to the range or limits within which the item must work. [D03123]
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Webster |
- Parametric Cost Estimating
- An estimating methodology using statistical relationships between historical costs and other project variables such as system physical or performance characteristics, contractor output measures, or manpower loading, etc. Also referred to as "top down estimating". [D01141]
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PMK87 |
- Appraising the costs of a project based on knowledge gathered from similar, but different projects. Typically uses parameters such as weight, power, lines-of-code, or other characteristics of the system to estimate or to scale development cost or schedule. System complexity and team maturity are also influencing factors. [D04170]
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CSM |
- Parametric Estimating
- An estimating technique that uses a statistical relationship between historical data and other variables (e.g., square footage in construction, lines of code in software development) to calculate an estimate. [D01142]
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PMK96 |
- Parent Activity
- Task within the work breakdown structure that embodies several subordinate child tasks. [D04587]
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APM
BS |
- Parent, in scheduling
- The source from which an activity, i.e. the child, is derived. [D03124]
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RMW |
- Pareto Chart
- See Pareto Diagram. [D05681]
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- Pareto Diagram
- A histogram, ordered by frequency of occurrence, that shows how many results were generated by each identified cause. [D01144]
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PMK96 |
- A graph, particularly popular in non-technical projects, to prioritize the few change areas (often 20 percent of the total) that cause most quality deviations (often 80 percent of the total). [D01143]
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PMK87
QMPP |
- Part
- A single piece not subject to disassembly without destruction or impairment of use, such as resistors, transistors, relays, or gears. Level 7, the lowest level, in the system hierarchy. [D01615]
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CSM |
- Participant
- Anyone who has a direct part or share in a project. See also Constituent.
Editor's Note: The term is often misused to include those members of the public who are impacted by the project. These people are more properly referred to as Constituents. [D03125]
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RMW |
- See also Stakeholder. [D01146]
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- Participants
- Those working on, or contributing to, a project. [D01145]
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RMW |
- Participation
- Taking an active part. [D03127]
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RMW |
- Parties, to a contract
- The persons or companies who sign a contract with one another.
[D04468]
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APM |
- Partner
- A firm with whom your company has an ongoing buyer-seller relationship, involving a commitment over an extended time-period, a mutual sharing of information and a sharing of risks and rewards resulting from the relationship. [D05809]
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096 p165 |
- Partnering
- An agreement between two or more firms to form a partnership, joint venture or team, to undertake a project.
Editor's Note: In the construction industry, the term "Partnering" has come to mean rather more. A partnership may be formed between an owner and contractor with a view to achieving common goals rather than pursuing traditionally opposing interests. [D03700]
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RMW |
- Partnership
- See Partnering. [D03128]
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- Groups of entities who share or take part with another or others in contracts, especially for business firms who share risks and profits. [D04329]
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MEMOPT |
- An ordinary partnership occurs when two or more entities (persons) combine capital and/or services to carry on a business for profit. From a legal standpoint, it is a group of separate persons. [D05810]
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092 part 7-1802, d |
- Passive Acceptance
- In project risk management, a risk event that is recognized but not considered of sufficient consequence to require action. The risk will be retained and simply absorbed by an appropriate contingency reserve for time and cost. See also Active Acceptance. [D05682]
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RMW |
- PAT
- See Project Assurance Team
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- Patent Defect
- Any defect which exists at the time of acceptance and is evident and hence not a Latent Defect. [D03540]
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GAT |
- Path
- A series of connected activities.
Editor's Note: Refer to Critical Path Method for information on critical and non-critical paths. [D01148]
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WST
PMST |
- A sequence of lines and nodes in a project network. [D01147]
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OTOB p271-4 |
- A set of sequentially connected activities in a project network diagram. [D01149]
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PMK96 |
- Path Convergence
- The tendency of parallel paths of approximately equal duration to delay the completion of the milestone where they meet. [D01150]
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WST |
- Path Float
- See Float. [D01151]
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- Path, network
- The continuous, linear series of connected activities through a network. [D01152]
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PMK87 |
- Pattern
- In software, a solution template (for structure, behavior) that has proven useful in at least one practical context, or, more likely, in several contexts, to be worthy of being called a pattern. [D04865]
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RUP |
- Pattern Recognition
- A process of gathering raw data and drawing conclusions from it based on the evident patterns found using previous pattern knowledge, information or statistical analysis. Used in analysis of schedule performance and similar data. [D05811]
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SU |
- Payback Period
- The period over which the total cash flow receipts from a project equal the original investment, without discounting. [D05033]
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RAMP |
- A financial project evaluation criterion used to determine the amount of time before the net cash flow from a project becomes positive. [D06083]
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PMTWG |
- The time, expressed in months or years, required for the cumulative financial returns to exactly equal the cumulative costs of the original project. [D06467]
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126 Aug 2010, p21 |
- Payment
- Monetary return for services rendered or property delivered. Discharge of indebtedness. [D03129]
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RMW |
- Payment Authorization
- The process of allocated fund transfer to an account from which the supplier can be paid for delivered goods/services as per contractual terms. [D01153]
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PMK87 |
- Payment Bond
- A bond that assures payments as required by law to all persons supplying labor or material in the prosecution of the work provided for in the contract. [D03541]
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GAT |
- Payroll Burden
- Costs in addition to direct wages as required by law and union agreement such as benefits, housing, transportation,
Editor's Note: Usually expressed as a percentage of the direct wage costs. [D05034]
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SCL |
- PBR
- See Program Benefits Review
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- PBS
- See Project Breakdown Structure
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- See Product Breakdown Structure
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- PC
- See Percent Complete
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