- ECC
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 See Estimated Cost to Complete
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- Economic Analysis
- A systematic approach to one or more options designed to assist the program or project manager in making a choice. [D02311]
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- Economic Commercial Value
- See Economic Value. [D02686]
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- Economic Evaluation
- The process of establishing the value of a project in relation to other corporate standards/bench marks, project profitability, financing, interest rates and acceptance. [D00586]
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- Economic Life
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 The period during which the economic benefits of a product are expected to be harvested. [D05863]
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- The period of time over which the benefits to be gained from a system may reasonably be expected. [D02312]
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DSMC |
- The period of time over which the benefits to be gained from a project may reasonably be expected to accrue. [D02688]
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PMDT |
- Economic Success
- The success of a project in terms of achieving its economic value. [D02687]
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RMW |
- Economic Value
- The value of a project in terms of its expected financial returns from the perspective of the enterprise's overall commercial strategic objectives. [D02685]
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- Economic Value Added
- The reasonable economic value expected to be added to an enterprise or one of its ongoing processes as a result of the project. [D02689]
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- Economics
- A social science that investigates the conditions and laws affecting the production, distribution, and consumption of the national wealth.
Editor's Note: In a much narrower sense, the study of economic value. [D02690]
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- Economist
- One who studies economics. [D02691]
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- Economy of Governance
- The planning, influencing and conducting of the policy and affairs of an organization with respect to its economic value. [D02692]
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- Economy of Scale
- Reduction in the unit cost of an end product resulting from the production of additional units. [D05978]
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- ECP
- See Engineering Change Proposal
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- Education and Training
- See Education and see Training. [D02693]
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- Education, in project management
- Project management education may be defined as the conveying of a broad background and general theoretical approach to enable an individual to analyze issues and find solutions. The knowledge is essentially descriptive. The benefit is in "How to apply it" but to do so requires further practice and experience. (See also Training.) [D00587]
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- EF
- See Earliest Finish
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- EFC
- See Estimated Final Cost
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- Effect
- In project portfolio management, a consequential result of a risk to one or more portfolio objectives should an event occur. [D06337]
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- Result [D06362]
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- Effective
- Adequate for accomplishing the intended purpose. [D05175]
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- Effective Communication
- The sending of a message that is received and understood as intended. A two-party process requiring willingness, motivation and discipline on the part of both sender and receiver. [D04356]
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- Effective Interest
- The true value of interest rate computed by equations for compound interest rate for a 1-year period. [D00588]
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- Effectiveness
- A measure of the quality of attainment in meeting objectives; to be distinguished from efficiency, which is measured by the volume of output achieved for the input used. [D00589]
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- The extent to which the goals of a project are attained, or the degree to which a system can be expected to achieve a set of specific requirements. Also, an output of a Cost Effectiveness Analysis. [D02313]
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DSMC |
- The level of conformity of the product or services produced by the project in its operation as compared to its mission. It has to do with the content and substance of the project in performance of its duty. It is the primary measure of success. [D04324]
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- Effectiveness, in project planning
- The extent to which the project plan, including requirements, and the execution of that plan will meet the project's objectives and the corresponding goals of the enterprise. [D02697]
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- Efficiency
- The ratio of the useful work obtained to the energy expended. [D02695]
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Webster |
- The doing of things correctly and accurately, using as little resources as possible. [D02694]
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PMDT |
- A measure of the speed and effectiveness with which a resource delivers a particular skill. [D03838]
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PNG |
- A measure of the activities of the project people as applied to the project process; the measurement parameters are the standards of quality, time and cost applicable to each task in each situation. It is a secondary measure to effectiveness in the measure of success at completion. A project may be efficiently managed, but not be effective in achieving its mission, goals or objectives. [D04325]
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- Efficiency Factor
- A measure of overall performance used in a work measurement system. It is calculated by dividing the standard time to perform the work by the actual time. [D03497]
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- Efficiency, in project execution
- The application of efficiency during the project's execution phases, i.e. when its application is most appropriate. [D02696]
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RMW |
- Efficient
- Productive, without waste. [D05176]
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SA-CMM |
- Effort
- The number of labor units necessary to complete the work. Effort is usually expressed in staff hours, staff days or staff weeks and should not be confused with duration. [D00591]
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WST |
- The application of human energy to accomplish an objective. [D00590]
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PMK87 |
- The number of labor units required to complete an activity or other project element. Usually expressed as staff hours, staff days, or staff weeks. See also duration. [D00592]
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PMK96 |
- Effort Remaining
- The estimate of effort remaining to complete an activity.
Editor's Note: A far more useful measure of progress than percentage complete. [D03839]
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PNG |
- Effort-Driven Activity
- An activity whose duration is governed by resource usage and availability. The resource requiring the greatest time to complete the specified amount of work on the activity will determine its duration.
[D04431]
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APM |
- An effort-drive activity provides the option to determine activity duration through resource usage. The resource requiring the greatest time to complete the specified amount of work on the activity will determine its duration. [D00594]
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WST |
- Eichleay Formula
- A formula widely used as a method of calculating home office overhead damages in construction delay cases. A component of delay damages that could account for a large proportion of the amounts claimed. [D05638]
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- Eighty-Twenty Rule
- A term created by Pareto, an Italian sociologist, meaning that a process or methodology will accommodate 80% of the situations that arise, with 20% of the situations requiring handling on a case-by-case basis. [D04081]
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CSM |
- Elaboration
- The second phase of the Unified Process in which the concept developed in the conception phase is funded for problem domain analysis, a sound architectural foundation is established, a project plan developed and highest risk elements are removed through preliminary iterations ready for full scale construction funding. The four phases of the Unified Process are Inception, Elaboration, Construction, and Transition. [D04831]
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RMW |
- Elapsed Cost
- See Budgeted Cost of Work Scheduled [D02251]
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PMST |
- Elapsed Duration
- The amount of time needed to complete a task. [D00595]
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MSP98 |
- Elapsed Time
- The total number of calendar days (excluding non-work days such as weekends or holidays) that is needed to complete an activity. It gives a "real world view" of how long an activity is scheduled to take for completion. [D00596]
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WST
PMST |
- Electronic Files
- Data stored in "files" on electronic media. Such files can only be accessed using a computer with an appropriate operating system. [D02698]
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RMW |
- Element
- A part of a system. [D05325]
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SU |
- A basic component e.g. of the work breakdown structure. Level 3 of the system hierarchy. [D02700]
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