The Project Management Question and Answer Book

decoding, 243-244

definitive estimates, 44-45, 60-62

delegation, 142-143

deliverables

defined, 5, 16

external, 16

importance of, 16, 39

internal, 16

in project life cycle, 6

requirements process, 23-26

in scope baseline, 10

scope change control and, 39-41

Delphi technique, 179

Deming, W. Edwards, 204-206

democratic management type, 129

dependent activity, 94

depreciation, 78-82

accelerated methods, 78, 80-82

defined, 78

double declining balance, 82

purpose of, 79

straight-line, 78, 79-81, 82

sum of the years' digits, 81

discipline, work breakdown structure (WBS) by, 34-36

discounts and discounting

on-time payment, 68

present value of money, 69, 70-72

dividends, 77

double declining balance depreciation, 82

double-entry accounting, 72

Dupont Corporation, 98-99

duration

in estimating process, 45-46

expected, 101-105

multiple duration estimate, 201-202