TABLE OF CONTENTS This section presents terms and definitions directly or indirectly related to project selection and management [1, 5, 6].
Project. This is a plan of work job assignment, or task. (It is also referred to as a job or task.)
Project management. This is the art of directing and coordinating material and human resources throughout the project life span by utilizing various management methods and techniques to achieve effectively predetermined goals of scope, quality, time, cost, and participant satisfaction [7].
Project manager. This is a person with an assigned direct responsibility for project execution.
Project organization. This is an establishment of people, procedures, responsibilities, and authority.
Project selection. This is the process of evaluating projects and then choosing to implement some of them to achieve the goals of the parent organization.
Project objectives. These are the goals, as measured by time parameters, constraints or targets, results, milestones, and control considerations, and usual project sequencing.
Project team. This consists of all participants involved in the project (i.e., full or part time).
Project parameters. These are the factors, specifications, or characteristics of the complete project or of its parts.
Project proposal. This is a summary of a proposed project concerning its managerial, schedule, and technical contents.
Project control report. This is a management report and an operations tool utilized to report manpower- or financial-related information in a summarized form both by program and organization.
