List of project management topics
This list of project management topics gives an overview of project management topics.
Project management activities
Project management is composed of several different types of activities such as:
- Analysis and design of objectives and events
- Planning the work according to the objectives
- Assessing and controlling risk (or risk management)
- Estimating resources
- Allocation of resources
- Organizing the work
- Acquiring human and material resources
- Assigning tasks
- Directing activities
- Controlling project execution
- Tracking and reporting progress (Management information system)
- Analyzing the results based on the facts achieved
- Defining the products of the project
- Forecasting future trends in the project
- Quality management
- Issues management
- Issue solving
- Defect prevention
- Identifying, managing & controlling changes
- Project closure (and project debrief)
- Communicating to stakeholders
Project management artifacts
The following documents serve to clarify objectives and deliverables and to align sponsors, clients, and project team's expectations.
Project management tools
Project management tools include following:
Financial tools
Risk management tools
General management tools
- Online tools to run a project health check (Ph-Check tool), take a baseline or checkpoint, or to generate highlight, or status reports.
- Project management software
Scheduling charts
Communication aids for teams
Related lists
References
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