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Wideman's PM Glossary v5.5
Project Management Glossary Sources
Source ID |
Source Description |
APM | Abstracted from Association of Project Management (UK) APMP Syllabus 2nd Edition, January 2000, Abridged Glossary of Project Management Terms (Rev.4), and BoK 6-ed |
Asae | American Society of Association Executives |
BRM | Bradley, G, Benefit Realization Management: A Practical Guide to Achieving Benefits Through Change, Gower, 2006 |
BS | British Standard |
CCCP | Wideman, R. M. Cost Control of Capital Projects, BiTech Publishers Ltd, Richmond, BC, Canada, 1995 |
CMMG | Software Acquisition Capability Maturity Model Glossary, Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, 1999 |
Costin | Costin, Andre A., Managing Difficult Projects, Glossary, Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford, UK, 2008, p284 |
CPMUSC | Peters, G. Construction Project Management Using Small Computers, Architectural Press, London, UK, 1984 |
CRMP | Patel, M.B., & P.W.G. Morris. Centre for Research in the Management of Projects (CRMP), University of Manchester, UK, 1999 |
CSM | A Glossary of Project Management Terms Center for Systems Management, by Email September, 1999 |
DSMC | Derived from the glossary of terms used by the Defense Systems Management College, Virginia, USA |
FAR | US Federal Acquisition Regulation, US Government, Washington, DC |
FWH | Wideman, R. M. Framework Handbook, Project Management Institute, Newtown Square, PA, 1991 |
GAT | A Glossary of Acquisition Terms, US Federal Acquisition Institute, Washington, DC, 1998 |
GCPM | Global Complex Project Management, Glossary, Wysocki & Bentley, J. Ross Publishing, FL, USA |
IPMA | ICB-IPMA Competence Baseline v.3.0 |
ISO | International Standards Organization 21500 series |
KSI | Program management course glossary, Kingston Sorel International 2000 |
LexPM | Lexicon of Project Management Terms. Internet, September 2014 |
MCh | Adapted from Managing Change in Organizations, PMI, 2013 |
MEMOPT | Balfour, R. J. Chair, Members Option Report, prepared for the Project Management Institute, 1996, Glossary, p40 |
MFC | Communicating Project Management, John Wiley & Sons, 2003, Ch5 |
MFP3i | Wideman, R. M., A Management Framework for Project, Program and Portfolio Integration, Trafford, Victoria, Canada, 2004, Glossary. |
MIL-STD | US Military Standard |
MoR-UK | Management of Risk: Guidance for Practitioners, Office of Government Commerce, London, UK, 2007 |
MSA | Meyers B.C, P Oberndorf, Managing Software Acquisition, Addison Wesley, NY, 2001 |
MSP98 | Glossary, User's Guide for Microsoft Project 98, Microsoft Corporation, 1997, p307 |
MSP-UK | A Guide to Managing Successful Programmes, Glossary, Office of Government Commerce, London, UK |
NPMT | Nordic Project Management Terminology, NORDNET, Reistad Offset, Oslo, 1985 |
OTOB | Baker, S & K. Baker. On Time/On Budget, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1992 |
P3O | P3O® Glossary of terms – V1.1 8/22/2012 |
PCD | Dinsmore, Paul C. President of Dinsmore Associates, in various PMI PMNet articles, & Luiz Rocha, Enterprise Project Governance, AMACOM 2012, Glossary |
PDG | Giammalvo, P. D. Consulting Practice, Jakarta, Indonesia |
PgM | Thiry, Michel, Program Management, Gower, Surrey, UK, 2015, p42 |
PMDT | Cleland, D.I. & H. Kerzner. A Project Management Dictionary of Terms |
PMGdLns | Project Management Guidelines (Private BC Corporation), 1995 |
PMH | Project Management Handbook, J. K. Pinto, Editor, Jossey-Bass, 1998 |
PMIS | Project Management Information System (BC Government Project), 1997 |
PMJ | Project Management Journal: Sept'07; Mar'08 |
PMK00 | Various original authors quoted in Project Management Body of Knowledge Glossary of Terms, Project Management Institute, 2000 |
PMK87 | Various original authors quoted in Project Management Body of Knowledge Glossary of Terms, Project Management Institute 1987 |
PMK96 | Various original authors quoted in A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (known as "PMBOK®") reprinted with the permission of the Project Management Institute. Please refer to the entry PMBOK® for details |
PMLC | Westland, J, The Project Management Life Cycle, Kogan Page, London, 2006 |
PMMJ97 | Martin, P, & K. Tate. Project Management Memory Jogger, GOAL/QPC, 1997 MartinTate |
PMST | Wagner, D. PM Software Terminology, National Information Systems, Inc. and Gil Howard, iTECH Consulting Group Ltd (Contact: ghoward@globalnet.co.uk) |
PMTWG | Ward, J. L, Project Management Terms: A Working Glossary, 2nd Edition, ESI International, 2000 |
PNG | Projectnet Glossary, April 1997, on the web site of the UK publication Project Manager Today |
PPM | Glossary of Project Management Terms in PortfolioStep v.3 by TenStep, 2007 |
PPS&C | Lewis, J. P. Project Planning, Scheduling & Control, Irwin Professional Publishing, Chicago, 1995 |
PrjDec | Virine, Lev, & Michael Trumper, Project Decisions: The Art and Science, Glossary, 2008 |
PRNC2 | PRINCE2 Reference Manual, Office of Government Commerce, London, UK, and Internet, May 2012 |
PROC | Mott MacDonald Review of Large Public Procurement in the UK, HM Treasury 2002, Glossary |
Q&A | Newell, M. W. & M. N. Grashina, The Project Management Question and Answer Book, AMACOM, NY, 2004 |
QMPP | Ireland, L. Quality Management for Projects and Programs, Project Management Institute, Newtown Square, PA, 1991 |
QWF | Fleming, Q. W., & Koppelman, by Email, April 2000, & Earned Value Project Management 3rd. Edition, Project Management Institute, Newtown Square, PA, 2005 |
R&D | Basu, Ron, Managing Projects in Research and Development, Gower Publishing Limited, UK, 2015. |
RAMP | Risk Analysis and Management of Projects (RAMP), UK, web site circa 1998 |
RH | Hornby, R., Projects for Profit, Glossary, 2013 |
RMH | Wideman, R. M. Risk Management Handbook, Project Management Institute, Newtown Square, PA, 1992 |
RMW | Wideman, R. M., Project Management Consultant, AEW Services, Ontario. Composite additions from various sources 1998-2017 |
RPM | Morris, Peter W. G., Reconstructing Project Management, John Wiley & Sons, West Sussex, UK, 2013, p79 |
RUP | Rational Unified Process 2000 |
SA-CMM | Software Acquisition Capability Maturity Model v. 1.02 Glossary of Terms,1999 |
SCL | Terminology, Project Management Manual, Syncrude Canada Ltd. April 1990 |
SitPM | Situational Project Management, Glossary, Oliver F. Lehmann, CRC Press, FL, USA, 2016 |
SKLS | Richman, Larry, Improving Your Project Management Skills, 2nd Edition, Glossary |
SPM | Rosenau, M. D, Software Project Management, Lewin Associates, Los Angeles, CA, 1988 |
SU | Source Unknown |
TGPM | Tasmanian Government Project Management Glossary, Version 3.0, 2002. See Tasmanian Government Project Management Home Page |
TM | Mochal, T, the TenStep Project Management Process Glossary |
TML | Batten, J. D, Tough-Minded Leadership, AMACOM, New York, NY, 1989 |
USDoD | US Department of Defense, Philadelphia, PA, USA |
VPM | Forsberg, K, H. Mooz, & H. Cotterham, Visualizing Project Management, John Wiley, New York, NY, 1996 |
Webster | Intent extracted from Webster's US Dictionary |
wiki | Wikipedia , and extracted from Internet dictionaries |
WSG | Washington State Glossary (accessed 1/31/05) |
WST | Various original authors quoted in Welcom PM Glossary, Project Management Solutions, Internet: 1998 |
WTRFL | Davis, Barbara & Daren Radford, Going Beyond The Waterfall, J. Ross Publishing, 2014, p103 |
001 | From notes provided by IT Divn, Min Tpt, BC 97 |
002 | Various Construction Industry Institute Publications |
003 | Cleland, D. I. in Field Guide to Project Management, Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1998 |
004 | U.S. Department of Defense Directives, The US Army Library, The Pentagon, Washington, DC, USA |
005 | DOD TQM Master Plan, August, 19885 |
006 | Defense Standardization Manual |
007 | Ono, D, in Field Guide to Project Management, Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1998 |
008 | Quality Management and Quality Assurance Standards, Geneva, Switzerland, 1996 |
009 | From various issues of Management Today |
010 | Criteria for performance management in the management of projects, Canadian General Standards Board, approved draft February 23, 1999 |
011 | Turner, J.R. The Handbook of Project Based Management: Improving Processes for Achieving Your Strategic Objectives. 1992 |
012 | From notes provided by Canadian Treasury Board, 1984 |
013 | Revay and Associates Limited, Montreal, PQ, Cda |
014 | Integrated Business Information Solutions (IBIS) project by BC Gas Utility Ltd., PMI Project of the Year Award Program, Feb. 1999. |
015 | Harris, P.R. & R. Moran. Managing Cultural Differences, Professional Manager, January 1999, p15 |
016 | DeYoung-Currey, J. PMI PMNet, Dec 98, p16 |
017 | Kennedy, Dr. G. Professional Manager, May 1999, p14 |
018 | From brochure by Management Concepts Inc. 1999 |
019 | Helle, M. Martin Frank International, by Email February, 1999 |
020 | Packard, V. The Pyramid Climbers |
021 | Verma, Vijay, & R.M. Wideman. Project Manager to Project Leader? And the Rocky Road Between... PMI 25th Annual Seminar Symposium, Proceedings, 1994 |
022 | From notes provided by Transport Canada, 1984 |
023 | Turner, R. Interpreted from the Gower Handbook of Project Management, 3rd. Edn, Ch 1 |
024 | Ryall, M. J. International Magazine of the Institution of Civil Engineers, UK, July 1999, p35 |
025 | Mazur, G. University of Michigan College of Engineering, by Email October, 1999 |
026 | Mitchell, G. A. Mason & Hanger Corp., Texas, by Email October, 1999 |
027 | Abstracted from Hydra Development Corporation Ltd. Programme Management web site |
028 | Knutson, J. President of Project Mentors, in various PMI PMNet articles |
029 | Keiserman, M. PMI PMNetwork, May 1999, p17 |
030 | Way, J. By Email January 2000 |
031 | Haney III, George E. By Email January 2000 |
032 | Donavan, K. By Email February 2000 |
033 | Seely, M, and Q. P. Duong. Abstracted from The Dynamic Baseline Model©, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, web site, June 1999 |
034 | Newbold, R. Project Management in the Fast Lane, St. Lucie Press, 1998, pp264-268 |
035 | Tam, P. W. M., & T.Y.Y. Ng and P.B.G. Dissanayake. An innovative approach for constrained scheduling, Civil Engineer International, November 1999, p25. |
036 | Olney, J. Measuring Project Manager Competence, PMNetwork, October 1999, p21 |
037 | Beckey, M. Project or Program Management?, PMNetwork, October 1999, p78 |
038 | Archibald, R. D. What CEOs must demand to achieve effective project management, Proceedings, First Ibero American Project Management Forum, June 6-7, 2000 |
039 | Guide to the Software Engineering Body of Knowledge, IEEE Computer Society, Sept 1998 |
040 | Novakowski, L. Vancouver lecture notes, February 2000 |
041 | Walker, J.H. Hill Walker, Inc, by Email 4/28/2000 |
042 | Definitions, Microsoft Project 2000 |
043 | Cooke-Davies, T. J., From an unpublished thesis, August 2000 |
044 | CCTA, Achieving benefits from business management, London, 1994, p1 |
045 | Huber, G. P. Application of Behavioral Science Theory, Academy of Management Journal 10, #3, 1967 |
046 | Burgess, J. A. Design Assurance for Engineers & Managers, Dekker, 1984, p84
Constraint, project constraint - A factor that will limit the |
047 | Harris, P, & R. Moran. Managing Cultural Differences, Professional Manager, January, 1999, p15 |
048 | International Recommended Practice # 17R-97, AACE, Inc. 1997 |
049 | Denison, D. R. Corporate culture and organizational effectiveness, Wiley, US, 1990, p1 |
050 | Office of Management and Budget DOD, USA, 2001 |
051 | A Guide to the Integrated Baseline Review, NDIA, US Dept. of Defense, March 2001 |
052 | Beasley, J. E. From Operations Research at Imperial College, London, 2001 |
053 | Skulmoski, G. Project Participant Competence, University of Calgary, December, 2000 |
054 | Heller, R. Management Today, October 2000, p52 |
055 | Al-Bahar & Crandall. Project Management Journal. September 2000, p13 |
056 | Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency (UK) 2000 |
057 | British Standard BS6079, 1996 |
058 | Rad F. R. Project Management Journal, December 2000, p3 |
059 | Turoczy, R. ProSight, Inc, by Email 7/2/01 |
060 | Baker, B.N. et al. Project Management Handbook, 2nd Edition, Wiley, NY, 1988, p903 |
061 | Walker, J.H. Hill Walker, Inc, by Email 4/28/2000 |
062 | Wideman, G. M. By Email 8/15/00 |
063 | Black, W.E. & K. A. Moreau. Information Management Strategies for Project Management, Project Management Journal, Project Management Institute, Newtown Square, PA, March 2001, p12 |
064 | Cantor, M., Software Leadership, Wesley, 2002 |
065 | Harpham, A., Chairman, APM Group, UK, 2002. |
066 | Fitzgerald, D. By Email 11/1/02 |
067 | Focused Performance FAQs. See http://www.focusedperformance.com |
068 | Commercial Item Acquisition, 2000 |
069 | Project Performance Management, Government of Canada, 1999 |
070 | Westney, Richard, E., in Project Management for Business Professionals, Ed. Joan Knutson, Wiley, 2001, pp128-141 |
071 | Open Systems Joint Task Force (ISO 10303-1) |
072 | DRM Associates (Accessed 2/14/05) |
073 | Construction Experts. Inc. (Accessed 2/14/05) |
074 | Piney, C, PMJ, September 2003, p28 |
075 | Steinhardt, G, by Email 6/18/2004 |
076 | Lefcowitz, M, by Email 10/2/2003 |
077 | Patterson, D, PM Network, May 2004, p55 |
078 | Walton, J, Schlumberger Ltd., ProjectTimes, Summer 2003, p16 |
079 | Dye, L. D, Projects & Profits, ICFAI Press, India, October 2003 |
080 | Rogers, R, Innovation, October 2003, p22 |
081 | Six Sigma (accessed 2/14/05) |
082 | Charvat, J, consolidated from Project Management Methodologies, Wiley, 2003 |
083 | New Civil Engineer, April 2006 |
084 | Schwalbe, K., Information Technology Project Management, Thompson Learning, NY, 2002, p74 |
085 | Dinsmore, P., & T. Cooke-Davies, The Right Projects Done Right!, Wiley, Jossey-Bass, 2006 |
086 | Wenger, E. |
087 | Black's Law Dictionary, 5th Edition, West Publishing Co., MN, 1979 |
088 | Kendall, G., & S. Rollins, Advance Project Portfolio Management, J. Ross & IIL, 2003 |
089 | Fleming, W. Q., Project Procurement Management, FMC Press, CA, 2003 |
090 | Cappels, T., Financial Focused Project Management, J. Ross Publishing, 2004 |
091 | Software Process Engineering Management (SPEM) Glossary, 2001 |
092 | Defense Contract Audit Agency, Contract Audit Manual, 1992 |
093 | Rad P.F., & G. Levin, Achieving Project Management Success using Virtual Teams, Ross Publishing Inc., 2003 |
094 | Carnegie Mellon University, 2005 |
095 | Charvat, J., Project Management Methodologies, Wiley, 2003 |
096 | Van Weele, A.J., Purchasing and Supply Chain Management, Thompson Learning, London, 2002 |
097 | Levine, H., Project Portfolio Management, Jossey-Bass, 2005 |
098 | Parker, G.M., Cross-Functional Teams, Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, 1994 |
099 | Mayer, M., The Virtual Edge, Project Management Institute, PA, 1998 |
100 | Perrow, M., in The Software Development Edge, author Joe Marasco, Addison Wesley, 2005 |
101 | Marasco, J, Software Development Edge, Pearson Education, Inc., 2005 |
102 | Bourne, M. & S, Professional Manager, November 2007 |
103 | Hahn, T, by Email 8/17/2006 |
104 | OPM3 Glossary, Project Management Institute, Newtown Square, PA, |
105 | Business Analyst's Body of Knowledge (BABoK), v1.6 |
106 | Reich, B, by Email 5/21/2007 |
107 | ProjectExperts |
108 | Cooke-Davies Aspects of Complexity: Managing Projects in a Complex World, also by Email 10/1/2012 |
109 | Ontario Lottery & Gaming Corp., 2008 |
110 | Lloyd's Register. |
111 | Office of Government Commerce (OGC), UK |
112 | Marchewka, J. T, The Nature of Information Technology Projects, 2006 |
113 | Kerzner, H., Value Driven Project Management, 2009 |
114 | Wysocki, R. K, Effective Project Management, Wiley, 2007, p6 |
115 | IT Governance Institute |
116 | Jackson, B, cOrdin8 Technologies, LLC, 9/1/2007 |
117 | Booker, G. L, by Email 7/30/2007 |
118 | Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, International Convergence of Capital Measurement and Capital Standards ("Basel II"), November 2005. http://www.bis.org/publ/bcbs118.pdf. |
119 | Modernizing Evaluation Tools, Treasury Board of Canada (Value for Money Profile), 2006 |
120 | Bredillet, Dr. C. N, Project Management Journal, March 2008, p4 |
121 | Mersino, A., Emotional Intelligence for Project Managers, 2007 |
122 | Allan, Davis, Godfrey, Ten steps to managing strategic risk, New Civil Engineer, November 2007, p26 |
123 | Portfolio Management Guide, OGC, 2009 |
124 | Senge, Peter M., The Fifth Discipline, Doubleday, 1990 |
125 | Lester, A., in Project Management and Control Glossary, 5th Edition, Butterwoerth, UK, 2007 |
126 | PMnet publication, Project Management Institute, USA |
127 | Business Analysis Body of Knowledge v.2.0, 2009 |
128 | Andersen, 2005 |
129 | Couillard, Garon, & Riznic, 2009 |
130 | Shandler, Judy, 2008 |
131 | Hobbs, Lawrence, Strategic DNA |
132 | PMBoK Guide, 3rd & 4th Edition, Project Management Institute, 2004 & 2008 |
133 | Management Plaza Glossary, Internet, June 2016 |
134 | PMBOK Guide 3rd Edition, Project Management Institute 2004 |
135 | PMBOK Guide 5th Edition, Project Management Institute 2013 |
136 | Total Cost Management Framework, 2012 |
137 | OECD, 2004, p11 |
138 | Albanese, R., & Van Fleet, Rational behavior in groups: The free riding tendency, Academy of Management Review, 10(2), 244-255, 1985 |
139 | Turner, R., Handbook of Project Management, 5th Edition, p20 |
140 | ASAPM/IPMA aPRO - Standard for Assessing Organizational Project Management Performance 2010 |
141 | Williams, Meri, Principles of Project Management |
142 | Nieto-Rodriguez, Antonio, The Focused Organization, Gower Publishing Limited, Surrey, England, 2012 |
143 | Vanhoucke, Mario, Journal of Modern Project Management, May-August Issue, 2014, Vol 02, Number 01, p98. |
144 | Jucan, George, Chair, CAC\ISO\TC258 Plenary Brochure, 2015 |
145 | Holloway, Jake, et al, A Practical Guide to Dealing with Difficult Stakeholders, Gower, Surrey, England, 2015, p1 |
146 | Shenhar, Aaron J., What Project Strategy Really is: The Fundamental Building Block in Strategic Project Management, PMJ, February 2012, pp4-20 & Wikipedia |
147 | IEEE Standard 1220,1994 |
148 | http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/service.html |
149 | Gilsdorf, Mark by Email 05-13-2016 |
150 | Systems Engineering Body of Knowledge (SEBOK Guide) v1.6 http://sebokwiki.org/wiki/Service_(glossary) accessed August 2016 |
151 | University of Iowa http://its.uiowa.edu/support/article/100362 |
152 | Brinkworth, John, Bridging the Business-Project Divide, Gower, Dorchester, UK, 2014, p180 |
153 | Byatt, Gareth, Gary Hamilton, and Jeff Hodgkinson 9/7/2012 |
154 | Hawajreh, Nizar Al, et al, Towards Approach for Better User Satisfaction, Journal of Modern Project Management, May-August Issue, 2014, p52 |
155 | Locke, Dennis, Project Management 10th Edition, Gower, 2013, p131 |
156 | Business Continuity Management Institute (BCM Institute) Glossary |
157 | Business Dictionary Glossary |
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