Glossary of PM Terms
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- Program
- A broad effort encompassing a number of projects.
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- Program Benefits Review
- A review to assess if targets have been reached and to measure the performance levels in the resulting business operations.
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- Program Benefits Review Report
- A report produced at the end of a program that describes the findings, conclusions and recommendations in the program benefit review.
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- Program Brief
- Produced in the program identification phase, the program brief sums up the program and gives the terms of reference for the work to be carried out and the program director’s terms of reference.
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- Program Definition Phase
- Program management’s second phase including a feasibility study, full definition and funding approval.
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- Program Director
- The senior manager with the responsibility for the overall success of the program. The program director is drawn from the management of the target business area.
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- Program Directorate
- A committee that directs the program when circumstances arise where there is no individual to direct the program.
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- Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT)
- PERT is a project management technique for determining how much time a project needs before it is completed. Each activity is assigned a best, worst, and most probable completion time estimate. These estimates are used to determine the average completion time. The average times are used to figure the critical path and the standard deviation of completion times for the entire project.
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- Program Execution Phase
- The phase in program management where project portfolio management and transition activities are undertaken.
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- Program Executive
- A group of individuals that supports the program director.
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- Program Identification Phase
- Program management’s first phase. Here, all high-level change proposals from available strategies and initiatives are considered and their objectives and directions translated into achievable programs of work.
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- Program Management
- The effective management of several individual but related projects in order to produce an overall system that works effectively.
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- Program Management Office
- The office responsible for the business and technical management of a specific contract or program.
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- Program Plan
- A term that refers to all of the following: benefits management plans, risk management plan, transition plan, project portfolio plan and design management plan.
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- Program Status Date
- The date up to which all program information is complete.
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- Program Support Office
- A group that gives administrative support to the program manager and the program executive.
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