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parabolic position graphs
Parkinson's Law
partners, continuity
paths in crisis
paying for software upgrades
     batteries packaged with software 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th
people
     machers 2nd 3rd
     menschs 2nd 3rd
     population distribution 2nd 3rd
     schleppers 2nd 3rd
percent completion curve
performance 2nd
period of transition
Perrow, Mike
personality
Peter Principle
phases
     iterations 2nd 3rd
     machers 2nd 3rd
     menschs 2nd 3rd
     schleppers 2nd 3rd
physics
     acceleration of a vertical ball toss 2nd
     analogies 2nd 3rd
     electromagnetism
     entropy
     Netwon's Second Law 2nd
     quantum mechanics 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
     thermodynamics 2nd
     trajectory of a vertical ball toss
     velocity of a vertical ball toss 2nd
piracy
planck 2nd
planning
     decisiveness
     goals
     handling risk 2nd
     milestones
     monitoring and recordkeeping
     scheduling 2nd
     scope
plateaus
PM (project management)
political process, definition of
politics 2nd
     bad politics 2nd 3rd
     compromise 2nd
     context of
     good politics
     high-trust environments 2nd
     mapping 2nd
     scenarios 2nd
population distribution 2nd 3rd
position
potential
precision
predictability
     scheduling
primacy of time
prioritizing risks 2nd
probabilities 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th
     generating more
probability of success
     project pyramid 2nd
         increasing 2nd
problem-solving 2nd
problem-solving clock 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
problems, fixing
product versus prototype
productivity
    flow [See growth]
    growth [See growth]
    new hires [See growth]
programming languages, managers learning new languages 2nd
     standard problems 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
project completion graphs
project management (PM)
project managers, adjusting schedules for 2nd
project pyramid 2nd 3rd
     altitude variable
     distribution 2nd 3rd
     iterative development
     limitations of 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
     probability of success 2nd 3rd
     risk 2nd
     scaling 2nd 3rd
     volume 2nd
project velocity curves
projects
     failure, common causes of 2nd
     human factor
     success of 2nd
prototype versus product
prototyping
pseudoscientific jargon
pyramid model, results of