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APM PMQ 7 S2
Glossary for APM Project Management Qualification
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Assemble | The work required to “bring together” new and existing elements to comprise what is to be released. |
| Audit | A means to provide assurance that enables the sponsor to have confidence that the governance is working and that the project is being managed as intended. Carried out by suitably skilled resources from outside the project team (possibly externally sourced) to provide an objective view and evaluation. May occur at any point in the extended life cycle. |
| Concept | Development of an initial idea through initial studies and high-level requirements management, and assessment of viability including an outline business case. |
| 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. |
| Definition | Development of a detailed definition, plans and statement of requirements that include a full justification for the work. |
| Deploy | The physical act of putting what has been assembled (the release) into operational use. |
| Deployment (linear life cycle) | Implementation of plans and verification of performance through testing and assurance to realise intended outputs, outcomes and benefits. |
| Extended project life cycle | An extended life cycle adds an adoption phase to a linear or iterative life cycle with the purpose of ensuring the accountability and governance of the investment stays with the change teams until change is fully embedded. It provides the missing connection to benefits realisation in a linear life cycle and facilitates cooperation and knowledge sharing between change and business-as-usual teams. |
| Feasibility | Establishing whether a proposed project is likely to be feasible, both from a business and technical perspective, and would be cost-effective from a business perspective. |
| Hybrid life cycle | A hybrid life cycle is a pragmatic approach to achieving beneficial change that combines a linear life cycle for some phases or activities with an iterative life cycle for others. |
| Iterative life cycle | A life cycle that repeats one or more phases of a project or programme before proceeding to the next one with the objective of managing uncertainty of scope by allowing objectives to evolve as learning and discovery take place. |
| Knowledge management | The holistic, cross-functional discipline and set of practices concerned with the way organisations create and use knowledge to improve outcomes. |
| Life cycle | A framework comprising a set of distinct high-level stages required to transform an idea or concept into reality in an orderly and efficient manner. Life cycles offer a systematic and organised way to undertake project-based work and can be viewed as the structure underpinning deployment. |
| Linear life cycle | A life cycle that aims to complete a project within a single pass through a set of distinct phases that are completed serially and span from the development of the initial concept to the deployment of an ultimate output, outcome or benefits. |
| Minimum viable product | A product with just enough features to satisfy early users, and to provide feedback for future product development. |
| Post project review | A review undertaken after the project deliverables have been handed over and before closure of the project. |
| Review | A critical evaluation of a deliverable, business case or project management process. |
| Review (iterative) | A final review of the solution before it goes into operational use. |
| 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. |
| 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 stage gate. |
| Story point | A method of estimating the completion / forecasting work yet to complete on a user story when using an iterative life cycle. |
| Time boxing | The practice of organising development work into fixed periods of time with determined resources, during which scope is completed to quality as efficiently as possible. 'Timeboxes' are also known as 'sprints'. |
| Timebox | A generic term used in iterative life cycle approaches to refer to an iteration with a fixed end date that is not allowed to change, thereby adjusting the scope and quality to deliver on time and to cost. |
| Transition | Handover, commissioning and acceptance of outputs to the sponsor and wider users, culminating in formal closure. |
| User story | An informal, simple language description of one or more features of a system or tool. User stories are often written from the perspective of an end user or user of a system. |
| Deployment (iterative life cycle) | Brings a baseline of evolving solution into operational use. This may be the final solution or a subset of the final solution. After last release, the project is formally closed. |
| Evolutionary Development (timeboxed) | An approach that converges, by successive iterations, on an accurate solution that meets business need and technically is built the right way. |
| Foundations | Development of: agreed realistic Business Case, prioritised requirements list, solution architecture definition, development approach definition, delivery plan, management approach definition and Foundations summary. |
| Product owner | The key representative of the business within the Solution Development Team. During the Evolutionary Development phase of the project, the Product owner is the main decision maker on behalf of the business. This requires sufficient seniority, empowerment and credibility to make decisions on behalf of the business. |
| Project audit | An independent and systematic retrospective examination of the whole, or part, of a project or function to measure conformance with predetermined standards. |
| Information management | The collection, storage, curation, dissemination, archiving and destruction of documents, images, drawings and others sources of information. |
| 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. |
| Post-project | (DSDM) A phase following the final Deployment to assess the realisation of expected business benefits. |
| Pre-project | (DSDM) Activity prior to project execution involved in the identification, selection and set up of projects which have a clearly defined objective. |
| Adoption | The optional additional phase in a linear life cycle that facilitates the use of project outputs to enable the acceptance and use of benefits. |
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