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The costs directly attributed to a work-scope, such as labor, material, equipment, and subcontracts, but not the cost of operations overhead and the labor, material, equipment, and subcontracts expended in support of the undertaking. Direct Costs, Hard Costs, and Construction Costs are synonymous.
Industry:Business services
Ability to use knowledge, a developed aptitude, and/or a capability to effectively and readily execute or perform an activity.
Industry:Business services
The application of knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to project activities to meet the project requirements.
Industry:Business services
Costs accruing from expended labor excluding the bonus portion of overtime, insurances, and payroll taxes.
Industry:Business services
Not using due diligence, care, or dispatch; characterized by slowness, sluggishness, or lack of energy.
Industry:Business services
An information system consisting of the tools and techniques used to gather, integrate, and disseminate the outputs of project management processes. It is used to support all aspects of the project from initiating through closing, and can include both manual and automated systems.
Industry:Business services
Costs accruing from material acquisition, including purchase price, freight, and taxes.
Industry:Business services
A source of variation that is not inherent in the system, is not predictable, and is intermittent. It can be assigned to a defect in the system. On a control chart, points beyond the control limits, or non-random patterns within the control limits, indicate it. Also referred to as assignable cause. Contrast with common cause.
Industry:Business services
An identified area of project management defined by its knowledge requirements and described in terms of its component processes, practices, inputs, outputs, tools, and techniques.
Industry:Business services
The number of work periods (not including holidays or other nonworking periods) required to complete a schedule activity or work breakdown structure component. Usually expressed as workdays or workweeks. Sometimes incorrectly equated with elapsed time. Contrast with effort.
Industry:Business services
