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Calendar Unit

Definition

(Context: Project Management)


1.  The smallest unit of time used in scheduling the project. Calendar units are generally in hours, days, or weeks, but can also be in quarter years, months, shifts, are even in minutes.

2.  Calendar units are essential to the proper management of a project. They are the time measurements that are used to plan the entirety of a projects schedule events in a logical manner. Calendar units will typically refer to the smallest possible measurement of time that can be appropriately used in reference to a particular project or a particular activity scheduled within the project as a whole. Possible calendar units are all standard time measurements, such as minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, and, in some long term projects, years. 


Reference:

1.  PMBOK

2.  Calendar Unit - Project Management Knowledge (project-management-knowledge.com)

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