project management

noun

The discipline of organizing and managing resources (e.g. people) in such a way that a project is completed within defined scope, quality, time and cost constraints.

Similar
work management
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Meanings

nounproject management (uncountable)
  1. uncountableoperationsThe discipline of organizing and managing resources (e.g. people) in such a way that a project is completed within defined scope, quality, time and cost constraints.

    Synonyms: work management

  2. uncountableUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see project, management.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe discipline of organizing and managing resources (e.g. people) in such a way that a project is completed within defined scope, quality, time and cost constraints.

Similar
work management
Also see
work management

Translations

Arabic إدارَة المشاريع
  • إدارَة المشاريعdiscipline of organizing and managing project resources
Chinese Mandarin 項目管理 /项目管理
  • 項目管理 /项目管理 (xiàngmù guǎnlǐ)discipline of organizing and managing project resources
Czech řízení projektů
  • řízení projektůdiscipline of organizing and managing project resources
Estonian projektijuhtimine
  • projektijuhtiminediscipline of organizing and managing project resources
Finnish projektijohtaminen
  • projektijohtaminendiscipline of organizing and managing project resources
French gestion de projet
  • gestion de projetdiscipline of organizing and managing project resources
German Projektmanagement
  • Projektmanagementdiscipline of organizing and managing project resources
Greek διοίκηση και διαχείριση έργων
  • διοίκηση και διαχείριση έργων (dioíkisi kai diacheírisi érgon)discipline of organizing and managing project resources
Hebrew ניהול פרויקטים
  • ניהול פרויקטיםdiscipline of organizing and managing project resources
Hindi परियोजना प्रबन्धन
  • परियोजना प्रबन्धन (pariyojnā prabandhan)discipline of organizing and managing project resources
Hungarian projektmenedzsment
  • projektmenedzsmentdiscipline of organizing and managing project resources
Icelandic verkefnastjórnun, verkefnisstjórnun
  • verkefnastjórnundiscipline of organizing and managing project resources
  • verkefnisstjórnundiscipline of organizing and managing project resources
Indonesian manajemen proyek
  • manajemen proyekdiscipline of organizing and managing project resources
Italian gestione di progetto
  • gestione di progettodiscipline of organizing and managing project resources
Japanese プロジェクトマネジメント
  • プロジェクトマネジメントdiscipline of organizing and managing project resources
Korean 프로젝트 관리
  • 프로젝트 관리 (peurojekteu gwalli)discipline of organizing and managing project resources
Lithuanian projektų vadyba
  • projektų vadybadiscipline of organizing and managing project resources
Malay pengurusan projek
  • pengurusan projekdiscipline of organizing and managing project resources
Polish zarządzanie projektami
  • zarządzanie projektamidiscipline of organizing and managing project resources
Portuguese gerenciamento de projetos, gerência de projetos
  • gerenciamento de projetosdiscipline of organizing and managing project resources
  • gerência de projetosdiscipline of organizing and managing project resources
Romanian management de proiect
  • management de proiectdiscipline of organizing and managing project resources
Russian управле́ние проектами
  • управле́ние проектами (upravlénije projektami)discipline of organizing and managing project resources
Slovak projektové manažérstvo
  • projektové manažérstvodiscipline of organizing and managing project resources
Spanish gestión de proyectos
  • gestión de proyectosdiscipline of organizing and managing project resources
Swedish projektledning
  • projektledningdiscipline of organizing and managing project resources
Tamil செயற்றிட்ட முகாமைத்துவம்
  • செயற்றிட்ட முகாமைத்துவம் (ceyaṟṟiṭṭa mukāmaittuvam)discipline of organizing and managing project resources
Thai การจัดการโครงการ, การบริหารโครงการ
  • การจัดการโครงการdiscipline of organizing and managing project resources
  • การบริหารโครงการdiscipline of organizing and managing project resources
Turkish proje yönetimi
  • proje yönetimidiscipline of organizing and managing project resources
Ukrainian управління проектами
  • управління проектами (upravlinnja proektamy)discipline of organizing and managing project resources
Cite this entry
APA

project management. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/project%20management

MLA

“project management.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/project%20management. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “project management,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/project%20management.

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