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Godzilla Principle, 12-13, 16, 95, 228 human resources, 88, 99 overhead cost of, 189-190, 191-192 independent project portfolios, 258-261 inflation, 192-193 interdependent project portfolios, 258-259, 262-266 internal customer, 223-224 iterative process, 83 job costing, 195-203 lag task, 77 definition of, 66 late start, 176-177 Learning Curves Method, 194 least resource scheduling, 267-269 leveling, 145 longest path. See Critical Path loop stage of Project Life Cycle, 10, 11 meetings, 231-232 middle constraint definition of, 30-31 Milestone Chart, 230 milestone, 66, 91, 226, 228
monitoring systems, 11, 227-253, 273-274 Most Likely Time Estimate. See T(m) motivation, 221-222 multiple predecessors, 127 multiple projects, 74, 257-270 Must Start/Must Finish dates, 91 negative slack definition of, 174 network planning methods, 116, 160 Nominal Group Technique (NGT), 249 noncritical path, 136 noncritical task, 136, 176 definition of, 171 normal cost, 118-119 normal time, 118-119 objective, 21-39 definition of, 23 office politics, 210-218, 223-224 Optimistic Time Estimate. See T(o) Order of Magnitude Analysis, 193 organizational dynamics. See office politics overhead, 93, 189-190, 195 overlaps, 76 parallel task definition of, 65 path, 171, 174
