15 February 2012

🚧Project Management: Corrective Action (Definitions)

"Acts or deeds used to remedy a situation, remove an error, or adjust a condition." (Sandy Shrum et al, "CMMI®: Guidelines for Process Integration and Product Improvement", 2003)

"The process of returning some aspect of project performance to a more desired state." (Timothy J  Kloppenborg et al, "Project Leadership", 2003)

[Corrective feedback:] "Instructional responses to learner answers to a practice exercise that tell the learners whether they answered correctly or incorrectly. Contrast with explanatory feedback." ( Ruth C Clark, "Building Expertise: Cognitive Methods for Training and Performance Improvement", 2008)

"Documented direction for executing the project work to bring expected future performance of the project work in line with the project management plan." (Cynthia Stackpole, "PMP® Certification All-in-One For Dummies®", 2011)

[Corrective Feedback:] "Instructional responses to answers to a practice exercise that tells the learner whether they answered corrected or incorrectly. Contrast with Explanatory Feedback." (Ruth C Clark & Richard E Mayer, "e-Learning and the Science of Instruction", 2011)

"The response, such as defect repair or preventive action, to any shortcoming found in a quality audit." (Bonnie Biafore & Teresa Stover, "Your Project Management Coach: Best Practices for Managing Projects in the Real World", 2012)

"An intentional activity that realigns the performance of the project work with the project management plan."" (For Dummies, "PMP Certification All-in-One For Dummies" 2nd Ed., 2013)

[Corrective controls:] "Mechanisms that repair damage caused by an undesired action and limit further damage, such as the procedure to remove detected viruses or the use of a firewall to block an attacking system." (Weiss, "Auditing IT Infrastructures for Compliance" 2nd Ed., 2015)

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