APPENDIX A

Glossary

This section contains definitions common to project management used in conformance with the PMBOK® Guide, Fourth Edition, published by the Project Management Institute, Newtown, Pennsylvania, and related documents. Some of the definitions have been adapted from practice.

The Project Life Cycle: Processes

Project initiation  Project initiation is a process that can result in the authorization of a new project, if the basic information captured in the project charter is approved.

Project planning  Project planning is a process used to develop the project management plan. Planning also identifies the technical and managerial tasks detailing how the final product of the project will be created as well as how the project work will ...

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