October 2011
Intermediate to advanced
816 pages
23h 9m
English
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Index
A
AC (actual cost), 295–298, 638–639
accept, risk response, 84
acceptably leveled schedule, 267
acceptance test procedures (ATP), 312–314, 375. See also client acceptance
accommodators, 234–236, 238, 242, 244, 246–247
action to be taken, risk log, 85
active projects. See MANAGE active projects
activities. See also business processes; tasks
bounded, 173
business process, 119
complex, 7
tasks v., 166
WBS completeness test, 172–175
activity duration estimates, 158, 163, 593
activity schedules
design-build-test-implement approach, 179
JPPS deliverable, 164
launching, 21
actual cost (AC), 295–298, 638–639
ACWP (Actual Cost of Work Performed), 296, 639
ad hoc level, 589
Adams, Anthony, 279
adaptability
core project team members, 230
Adaptive Cycle Plan phase, 407–408
Adaptive PMLC models, 47, 49, 398–445. See also Adaptive Project Framework
Agile models, 379
graphical depiction, 407
cancellation, 399
characteristics, 403
choosing, 408
client involvement, 405, 443–445
co-located teams, 383
DSDM, 57, 379, 391, 399–400, 406, 438–440
software development projects, 48, 406
Iterative models v., 378–379, 400
launching phase, 401
non-value-added work, 403–404, 409
PMLC models ...
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