Author: haroonkhan
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Project Definition Checklist
A project definition checklist can help you determine whether your project is defined properly and whether you are ready to proceed to the next iteration of detailed planning. If you find that your project is not properly defined, the following options are available: General Scope Stakeholders Project Approach Other Acceptance The Absolute Minimum At this…
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Project Definition Document
We’ve referred to “gaining consensus” and “getting agreement” as the answers to the important project-defining questions several times. How do you do this? You write them down and get everyone to formally sign off on this document. We will refer to this document as the Project Definition document. This section reviews both the must-have elements…
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How Does Defining a Project Relate to Project Planning?
Many people think of “defining a project” as part of the project planning process, and they are correct. It is the first step. However, it is important to make the distinction for several reasons: Portfolio Project Management Portfolio project management is a management practice that brings rigor and diligence to the project definition process. It…
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Setting the Stage for Success
Pick your cliché of choice here: “getting everyone on the same page,” “singing from the same songbook,” “dancing to the same beat,” “pointed in the same direction,” or “painting the picture.” They all apply, and they all communicate the importance of getting the key project participants to agree on the answers to these seven basic…
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Introduction
The journey begins… The first stop on our journey down Project Management Boulevard is also the most important because it builds the foundation for all other project management activities and sets the stage for our eventual project success (or failure). The irony of this is that, depending on your organization and industry, you (the project…
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INDUCTION HARDENING
This process involves heating applied rapidly and locally to the steel component followed by quenching. High frequency electric fields quickly heat the surface of the component via induction coils, which is then quenched using water. This results in a localized hardened layer at the surface. Different shaped induction coils are available and can be made…
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NITRIDING
This method is advantageous due to the fact that a harder case is obtained than by carburizing. Many engine parts such as cylinder barrels and gears may be treated in this way. Nitriding is generally applied to certain special steel alloys, one of the essential constituents of which is aluminium. The process involves the exposing…
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CYANIDING
Steel parts may be surface hardened by heating in contact with a cyanide salt, followed by quenching. Only a thin case is obtained by this method. Cyaniding is, however, a rapid and economical method of case hardening and may be used in some instances for relatively unimportant parts. The work to be hardened is immersed…
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CARBURIZING
Carburizing is a heat treatment process in which iron or steel absorbs carbon liberated when the metal is heated in the presence of a carbon-rich atmosphere, such as charcoal or carbon monoxide, with the intent of making the metal harder. Depending on the amount of time and temperature, the affected area can vary in carbon…
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Martempering
Martempering or marquenching permits the transformation of austenite to martensite to take place at the same time throughout the structure of the metal part. By using interrupted quench, the cooling is stopped at a point above the martensite transformation region to allow sufficient time for the centre to cool to the same temperature as the…