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An evil merge is a merge that introduces changes that do not appear in any parent. A controlled vocabulary is a restricted list of terms words or phrases used for indexing tagging and retrieving content. A fastforward is a special type of merge where you have a revision and you are merging another branchs changes that happen to be a descendant of what you have. Thats why we have put together the top fifteen terms and definitions that you and your peers need to know. List of useful project management acronyms and terminology critical path the longest path through the project. If you want to understand business management, youll want to read this dictionary of thirty management terms. Six sigma terminology a comprehensive glossary of six sigma terms and acronyms used in managing six sigma projects. A business analysts glossary for project management. This glossary was produced by comptia, the computing technology industry association. A comprehensive glossary of project management terms. Every course has its own glossary, and hence project management is not an exemption. Glossary of standard project management terms geam. It is managed by the project management institute and is based on the pmp examination speci. Section i is a listing of basic project management terms.
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Project management glossary of terms page 8 fall 2007 budget the approved estimate for the project or any work breakdown structure component or any schedule activity. Accountability the obligation to report on ones actions. Section iii has 7 appendices and section iv is broken into glossary and index. A special case of inductive reasoning resulting in specific assertions that imply the available information in context of the background knowledge without logical certainty. From pmo to prince2, well give you the terminology and resources youll. This glossary defines the most frequently used words and phrases. Nov 02, 2015 everything you need to know about project management terms is here in one list. It project management terms you should know techrepublic. A person or company that provides goods or services.