The standard for project management

See 

Joint application design/development (JAD) 

sessions

JIT. 

See 

Just-in-time

“Job shadowing,” 145

Joint application design/development (JAD) sessions, 145

Joint venture, 444, 445, 476

Judgment. 

See 

Expert judgment

K

Kaizen, 310

Kanban system, 177

Key concepts

Project Communications Management and, 360–363

Project Cost Management and, 233

Project Integration Management and, 72

Project Procurement Management and, 460–462

Project Quality Management and, 273–275

Project Resource Management and, 309–310

Project Risk Management and, 397–398

Project Schedule Management and, 175

Project Scope Management and, 131

Project Stakeholder Engagement and, 504–505

Key performance indicators (KPIs), 95, 389

Key stakeholder list, 81, 314, 368, 509

Knowledge, 709. 

See also 

Manage Project Knowledge 

process

body of, 1

explicit, 100, 706

product, management of, 73

project management and, 16

project manager and, 52

repositories for, 41

tacit, 100, 724

Knowledge Areas, 23–25, 553

mapping of, 24–25, 556

overview, 23–25

PMBOK

®

 Guide

 key components and, 18

Process Groups and, 24–25, 556

Knowledge management, 133, 365

misconceptions, 100

product, 73

project, 73

tools and techniques, 103

Known risks, 31, 399

“Known-unknowns,” 202, 245

KPIs. 

See 

Key performance indicators

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L

Lag(s)

adjusting, 228

definition, 193, 709

example of, 192

leads and, 192–193, 214

Language, 365

Late finish date (LF), 210, 709

Late start date (LS), 210, 709

Law of diminishing returns, 197

Lead(s)

adjusting, 228

definition, 192, 709

example of, 192

lags and, 192–193, 214

Leader(s), qualities and skills of, 61–62

Leadership, 534

management compared to, 64–66

styles, 65

Leadership skills, 60–63, 350

getting things done, 62–63

people, dealing with, 60

PMI Talent Triangle

®

 and, 56, 57

politics, power and, 62–63

qualities and, 61–62

Lean Six Sigma, 275

Least cost method, 473

Legal requirements, 78, 369, 370

Legal rights, 512

Lessons learned, 208. 

See also 

Retrospectives

definition, 709

meetings, 305

tailoring considerations, 74

Lessons learned register

definition, 709

description of, 104

as input, 92, 101, 108, 124, 141, 165, 169, 198, 208, 

225, 242, 291, 300, 339, 347, 354, 382, 390, 412, 440, 

450, 455, 484, 495, 525, 532

as output, 97,104, 113, 167, 171, 204, 221, 230, 247, 

270, 287, 297, 306, 327, 335, 344, 351, 358, 387, 393, 

418, 448, 452, 458, 480, 491, 500, 529, 536

Lessons learned repository

definition, 709

as output, 128, 501

Leveling. 

See 

Resource leveling

Level of accuracy, 182, 238

Level of effort (LoE), 300, 325, 450, 709

Level of precision, 238

Lexicon. 

See PMI Lexicon of Project Management Terms

LF. 

See 

Late finish date

Life cycle.