Stakeholder
A Stakeholder is “…is either an individual, group or organization who is impacted by the outcome of a project. They have an interest in the success of the project, and can be within or outside the organization that is sponsoring the project. Stakeholders...Unit Cost Estimating
Estimating done where the cost for one measured unit of a completed work activity comes with an attached Unit Cost. According to The Constructor – Civil Engineering Home for Civil Engineers Unit Cost Estimating is defined as:: Unit Cost Method of Estimation in...Charrette
A charrette is an intense period of design or planning activity similar to the short daily stand-up meetings that take place in Scrum or Agile project management methods. Charrette – Wikipedia A charrette (American pronunciation: /ˈʃɑːrɛt/), often Anglicized to...Corporate Identity
In its simplest form a company’s Corporate Identity is the elemental look of the company brand and can generally be found is a suite of documents such as the company logo, business card, letterhead, envelope, and website design. Why Corporate Identity is...Assemblies (Systems) Estimate
An Assemblies or Systems Estimate is a type of estimate typically used on larger commercial projects where a particular assembly or system repeatedly appears in project. They are usually preformed while a project is still in the design stage and are generally...Cards-On-The-Wall (COW) Networking Technique
A method of project planning described in the book Visualizing Project Management: Models and Frameworks for Mastering Complex Systems as emerging as a visualization tool used by PERT planners to visualize their project network in the years before modern day project...Schedule of Rates (SoR)
A term perhaps more commonly used overseas than here in the U.S. where we at times refer to a Schedule of Values a schedule of rates is ….in its lesser form in a standard contract can be a list of staff, types of labour and plant hire rates upon which...Work Package (WP)
A generic term for a unit within a work breakdown structure (WBS ) at the lowest level of its branch, not necessarily at the lowest level of the whole WBS . It may be used to refer to a unit of work performed within the organization, while ‘Commitment Package’ may be...Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
A task oriented detailed breakdown, which defines the work packages and tasks at a level above that defined in the networks and schedules. The WBS initiates the development of the Organizational Breakdown Structure (OBS), and the Cost Breakdown Structure (CBS). It...The Building & Remodeling Wiki Sponsors:
