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What is project management?
Project management is the application of processes, methods, knowledge, skills and experience to achieve the project objectives. Projects are the vehicles of change in an organisation. They are not the repetitive business-as-usual type of activity.
Definition from APM Body of Knowledge 7th edition
Popular project management topics
- What is agile project management?
- What is benefits management and project success?
- What is a business case?
- What is change control?
- What is change management and organisational change?
- What is configuration management?
- What is diversity and inclusion in Project Management?
- What is governance?
- What is information management?
- What is investment appraisal and project funding?
- What is information management?
- What is knowledge management in projects?
- What is a life cycle?
- What is lessons learned in project management?
- What is managing contracts in project management?
- What is project planning?
- What is portfolio management?
- What is programme management?
- What is project cost planning and control?
- What is project data analytics?
- What is project management?
- What is project team management and leadership?
- What is quality management and control?
- What is resource optimisation?
- What is risk management?
- What is scheduling in project management?
- What is scope management?
- What is sponsorship?
- What is stakeholder engagement?
- What is strategic intent?
- What is sustainability in project management?
- What is working professionally?
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This glossary is a unique collection of popular project management terms sourced from the fifth, sixth and seventh editions of the APM Body of Knowledge and other APM publications.
