A2Z Project Management Glossary This glossary also includes management terms which are not directly part of project management.
A2Z Project Management Glossary
Life is Project
A Project is a temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product, service or result. The temporary nature of projects indicates a definite beginning and a definite end. The end is reached when the project’s object have been achieved or…
Happy New Year 2019
We suffer ONLY in present. But this suffering happens either because of repentance of past or fear of future. Past has gone and future will come. But there are people who start praying in present to secure the future. Future…
Agile Project Management for Agile Professionals
Topics of PMI-ACP Workshop Being in Industry for around 25 years and played all kind of roles from programmer, analyst, leader, manager, delivery head, trainer, coach and consultant I have observed relationship between Project Delivery team and HR team…
Project Professional 2016 Reporting
Power BI Reporting for Project Online
Journey of Sanskrit in the West
In Chronicle Order of Western Scholar Sir William Jones (1746-94 A.D.) British scholar and founder of Royal Asiatic Society, famous institution involved in Indological studies, admired the theme, form, power and beauty of Sanskrit Language and stressed its affinity to…
Topics of PMI-ACP Workshop
Topics of PMI-ACP Workshop PMI-ACP exam expects from a candidate who is appearing for the exam that he must understand the following topics. It is an exhaustive check of the knowledge, skills, and attitude. This is the reason I love and…
Nasadiya Sukta from RigVeda
नासदासीन्नो सदासीत्तदानीं नासीद्रजो नो व्योमा परो यत् । किमावरीवः कुह कस्य शर्मन्नम्भः किमासीद्गहनं गभीरम् ॥1॥ There was NO existence then , nor non-existence. No realm of air yet, nor etheric aakasha beyond. What cloaked all, where, by whose Maya? Did…
Structure of Business Dialogues
What is the speaking? How to be an efficient and effective speaker? Everybody who can open his mouth, has tongue and healthy vocal cord can speak. But, is everybody able to communicate effectively and achieve the objective of speaking? In this world…
What is Balance Score Card?
What is difference the between Dimension and Measures? In business intelligence (BI) there are two terms, Dimension and Measures. Dimension is something which can be used for filtering, grouping purpose like department name, employee name, location, severity, priority etc. Measure…
Nontechnical skills every project manager needs
Nontechnical skills every project manager needs To succeed in any profession you need to strike a balance between the art and science of that profession. Science is about process, logic, practices etc. But art is about knowing what else is…
What is the Purpose of Education?
What is the Purpose of Education? Purpose of education is acquiring more and more matter in life, giving ourselves more sensual pleasure, learning how to be over smart and be ahead in the competition and survive longest? You may have…
Happy New Year 2017
Dear Friend Seasons greetings & Merry Christmas. In our life a new day comes every day but only once in 365 days a new day also come with new year. Like circle of 360 degree, 365 days of a year…
Fundamental problems of duality
Fundamental problems of duality Do you ever say there are only two colours black and white. No! because you know that there are billions and they are made from the three primary colours. In a rainbow spectrum in sky, can…
Challenging Your Team
Challenging Your Team Bacground Karthik is working with current company since last 12 years. By virtue of his hard work and initiative the company has done good progress in last few years. In reward of this Karthik was also progressing in his…
Science & Technology Blessings or Curse?
Science & Technology Blessings or Curse? Based on the feedback of progress of last 2 centuries, should science & technology should stop searching for matter & making life more luxurious? In the last two centuries, huge momentum can be seen…
Peace of Hindu Trinity
Peace of Hindu Trinity As per Hindu philosophy trinity of Brahma, Vishnu, Mahesh are responsible for creation, preservation, and destruction respectably of the whole universe. Brahma the creator enjoys creating everything, moving or non-moving. He assigns purpose and age for each creation.…
Introduction to PMBOK
Introduction to Project Management Body of Knowledge There is a project “Go to Chennai and meet a family friend in city and come back to Delhi by evening flight”. This idea you are discussing with your spouse one month before…
When to Kill a Project?
When to Kill a Project? Any project is a temporary endeavour which must end on one day. A project is an investment on a business objective or on some change initiative which is valuable from sponsor’s perspective. Project’s output need…
IT Project Management Best Practices
Project Management Best Practices for IT Project Managers Involve testing team since day one of requirement gathering. Never proceed on plan until it is reviewed and approved by related stakeholders System to categories off-specification, change requests, defects Change request must…