I've never been too keen on the conventional definition of project management, though it is the "coin of the realm" so to speak on that point. Nonetheless, I'm more closer to the action with my definition, I think. And, so here it is mapped to the conventional definition:
My
idea
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Book Answer
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Narrative
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Initiating
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Backlog
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Planning
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WIP, Test, V&V
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Executing, Controlling
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Delivery
Partial delivery
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Closing
(Closing is at the very end)
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Influencers and discriminators
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Specific goals
Specific success criteria
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Recall, I wrote about influencers and discriminators in a recent posting [resources, time, quality, cost, and scope]
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