Expanded Project Management Glossary
Analytical or Critical Thinking – More Than a Statement
Analytical or Critical Thinking – More Than a Statement The intellectually disciplined process of actively and skillfully conceptualizing, applying, analyzing, synthesizing, and/or evaluating information gathered from, or generated by, observation, experience, reflection, reasoning, or communication, as a guide to belief and action.– Michael Scriven and Richard Paul (2003) Notice: Critical…
Creative Thinking: Unleashing The Other Side of You
Creative Thinking: Unleashing The Other Side of You In solving problems, many times we drive to the root cause trying to fix the underlining issue believing the situation will be resolved. As we have seen in other articles concerning thinking, this result is not always what we need. As we…
Systems Thinking: Understanding Consequences of Thought
Systems Thinking: Understanding Consequences of Thought We have all heard of Critical Thinking. While thinking critically, we analyze the current situation, whether it is a problem to be solved, a riddle to be unraveled, or a decision to be made or a project to be broken into smaller pieces –…
Strategic Thinking: Creating the Future from the Present
Strategic Thinking: Creating the Future from the Present Can we see the future? Can we predict the future? Those who think strategically come the closest to what we would call predicting the future. Strategic thinking takes the present and creates a future through vision, decision, planning and doing. Strategic thinkers…
Visionary Thinking: Alternative Futures
Visionary Thinking: Alternative Futures Visionary Thinking Components: Visionary thinking consists of the following components: Creativity (creative thinking), Futuristic, progressive ideas, Directional path(s) to the future state, and Tangible concepts others can grasp and accomplish. Check any book discussing leadership and one core competency always mentioned as needed by leaders is…
Thinking About Thinking: 9 Thinking Modalities
Thinking About Thinking: 9 Thinking Modalities Have you ever thought about thinking? Probably the most impactful statement said to me in my life was from a gentleman whose name I don’t remember. He remarked, “You think the most important thing in life is faith. I think the most important thing…
Is it QA or QC? What’s the Difference?
Is it QA or QC? What’s the Difference? PMBOK® Guide Definition: Quality Assurance (QA): The process of auditing the quality requirements and the results from quality control measurements to ensure the appropriate quality standards and operational definitions are used. Quality Control (QC): The process of monitoring and recording results of…
WBS: Work Breakdown Structure or Wild Bovine Secretion
WBS: Work Breakdown Structure or Wild Bovine Secretion PMBOK® Guide Definition: Work Breakdown Structure (WBS): A hierarchical decomposition of the total scope of work to be carried out by the project team to accomplish the project objectives and create the required deliverables. Work Package: The work defined at the lowest…
Understanding Earned Value Management: Part 5 – Earned Value in the Bigger Picture
Understanding Earned Value Management: Part 5 – Earned Value in the Bigger Picture PMBOK® Guide Definition: Earned Value Management (EVM): A methodology that combines scope, schedule, and resource measurements to assess project performance and progress. Work Breakdown Structure (WBS): A hierarchical decomposition of the total scope of work to be…
Understanding Earned Value Management: Part 4 – Forecasting Equations for a Project
Understanding Earned Value Management: Part 4 Forecasting Equations for a Project PMBOK® Guide Definition: Earned Value Management (EVM): A methodology that combines scope, schedule, and resource measurements to assess project performance and progress. Estimate at Completion (EAC): The expected total cost of completing all work expressed as the sum of…