Tools and Technologies in Project Management

Tools and Technologies in Project Management
Term Description
Project Management Information System (PMIS) An information system consisting of the tools and techniques used to gather, integrate, and disseminate the outputs of project management processes.
Collaboration Tools Software designed to help people involved in a common task achieve their goals.
Version Control The management of changes to documents, computer programs, large web sites, and other collections of information.
Business Intelligence (BI) Technologies, applications and practices for the collection, integration, analysis, and presentation of business information.
Customer Relationship Management (CRM) A technology for managing all your company's relationships and interactions with customers and potential customers.
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Business process management software that allows an organization to use a system of integrated applications to manage the business and automate many back office functions.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) The simulation of human intelligence processes by machines, especially computer systems.
Machine Learning A subset of artificial intelligence that provides systems the ability to automatically learn and improve from experience without being explicitly programmed.
Cloud Computing The delivery of computing services—including servers, storage, databases, networking, software, analytics, and intelligence—over the Internet ("the cloud") to offer faster innovation, flexible resources, and economies of scale.
Internet of Things (IoT) The interconnection via the Internet of computing devices embedded in everyday objects, enabling them to send and receive data.
Big Data Extremely large data sets that may be analyzed computationally to reveal patterns, trends, and associations, especially relating to human behavior and interactions.
Data Analytics The science of analyzing raw data to make conclusions about that information.
Robotic Process Automation (RPA) A form of business process automation technology based on metaphorical software robots (bots) or artificial intelligence (AI) workers.
Blockchain A system of recording information in a way that makes it difficult or impossible to change, hack, or cheat the system.
Virtual Reality (VR) A simulated experience that can be similar to or completely different from the real world.
Augmented Reality (AR) An interactive experience of a real-world environment where the objects that reside in the real world are enhanced by computer-generated perceptual information.
5G Technology The fifth generation technology standard for broadband cellular networks, which cellular phone companies began deploying worldwide in 2019.