The Innovative Workings Behind How New Terms and Definitions are Adopted into Standards

  Organizational Project Management   Strategy   Using PMI Standards  

Terminology sections or documents are critical resources for implementing a standard. However, users tend to take them for granted as just being part of the standard. But did you know:

• In what situation a word or phrase is selected to be defined as a term in the terminology document or section?
• What science is behind the definition of a term?
• How to find definitions of a term in various standards for free?
• How to relate the meaning of a term to the meaning in common dictionaries?
• The word or phrase will be not be adopted as a term if the intended meaning of the word or phrase is found in a dictionary?
• If not, you are not alone. New terms are not adopted easily in standards. It's a profound process - dull to some - yet largely unknown to people.

This presentation will shed light on the process and provide background information on:

• The ISO and Technical Committee structure
• Why some consider terminology work dull, yet profound
• The science behind a term
• Terminology principles
• Concept systems
• The difference between a glossary and a terminology document

Terminology sections or documents are critical resources for implementing a standard. However, users tend to take them for granted as just being part of the standard. But did you know: • In what situation a word or phrase is selected to be defined as a term in the terminology document or section? • What science is behind the definition of a term? • How to find definitions of a term in various standards for free? • How to relate the meaning of a term to the meaning in common dictionaries? • The word or phrase will be not be adopted as a term if the intended meaning of the word or phrase is found in a dictionary? • If not, you are not alone. New terms are not adopted easily in standards. It's a profound process - dull to some - yet largely unknown to people.