Glossary
This glossary provides a summary of all the project management jargon used in this book. It is not an exhaustive set of project management jargon. All the definitions are my own and are specific to the context of project management.
- benefits realisation
The process of ensuring a project meets the objective (the ‘why’) it was originally designed to meet.
- ‘black box’ task
A task in a project plan that does not need to be decomposed to the same level of detail as the rest of the plan. A ‘black box’ task is defined as a single item in the project plan. The project manager does not need to understand, and does not manage, the detailed activities within the ‘black box’ task.
- business analysis
The structured process for investigating a business ...
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