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APM PFQ 7 S8
Glossary for APM Project Fundamentals Qualification
Term | Definition |
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Quality | The fitness for purpose or the degree of conformance of the outputs of a process or the process itself to requirements. |
Quality management | A discipline for ensuring the outputs, benefits and the processes by which they are delivered, meet stakeholder requirements and are fit for purpose. |
Quality planning | Takes the defined scope and specifies the acceptance criteria used to indicate the outputs are fit for purpose to the sponsor. |
Quality control | Consists of inspection, measurement and testing to verify that the project outputs meet acceptance criteria defined during quality planning. |
Quality assurance | The process of evaluating overall project performance on a regular basis to provide confidence that the project will satisfy the relevant quality standards. |
Benefit review | A review undertaken after a period of operations of the project deliverables. It is intended to confirm the realisation of the project benefits. |
Decision gate | A point in the life cycle between phases that is used to review and confirm viability of the work in line with the business case. Also called stage gate or gate. |
Gate | A point in the life cycle between phases that is used to review and confirm viability of the work in line with the business case. Also called stage gate or decision gate. |
Post project review | A review undertaken after the project deliverables have been handed over and before closure of the project. |
Project audit | An independent and systematic retrospective examination of the whole, or part, of a project or function to measure conformance with predetermined standards. |
Review | A critical evaluation of a deliverable, business case or project management process. |
Stage gate | A point in the life cycle between phases that is used to review and confirm viability of the work in line with the business case. Also called decision gate or gate. |