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Glossary Notes
• The list below shows the range of definitions on each page:
         Select the range that includes your definition!
• The word "Project" is implied in many labels, unless the omission
   would result in a different meaning. Example: "risk" implies
   financial risk, whereas "Project Risk" is specific to project management
• For consistency, we use US spelling: E.g. "program" = "programme"

• Always follow the links in a definition to get a fuller understanding

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x

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Letter

From

To

   

A

ABC

Accrual Method

 

Accrued Cost

Activity

 

Activity Arrow Net

Actual Expenditures

 

Actual Finish

Allocation

 

Allowable Cost

Approval to Proceed

 

Approve

Associated Revenue

 

Association

Award Letter

   

B

BAC

Baseline Concept

 

Baseline Control

Benefits Manager

 

Benefits Map

Bill of Materials

 

Bill of Quantities

Budget

 

Budget at Completion

Business Analyst

 

Business Analyst, financial

Bypassing

   

C

C/SCSC

Cascade Chart

 

CASE (1)

Change Budget

 

Change Control

Claim

 

Clarification

Commissioning

 

Commissioning Plan

Compatibility

 

Compensation

Computer Aided System Engineering

 

Computer Cost Applications

Configuration

 

Configuration Audit

Consent

 

Consequences

Contingency

 

Contingency Allowance

Contract Form

 

Contract Funds Status Report

Control

 

Control Account

Corporate Resources

 

Corporate Responsibility Matrix

Cost Control

 

Cost Control Point

Cost Plus Fee Contract

 

Cost Plus Fixed Fee Contract

Crash Duration

 

Crashing

Critical Sequence

 

Critical Sequence Analysis

Cycle Time

   

D

Daily Log

Decision Tree

 

Decision Tree Analysis

Deliverables Management

 

Delivery

Design Build

 

Design Concept

Development

 

Development Case

Discrete Effort

 

Discrete Milestone

Dynamic Classification

   

E

E.g.

e-Business

 

ECC

Element

 

Element Definition Dictionary

Environment Characteristic

 

Environment, general

Estimate Class B

 

Estimate Class C

Event Oriented Schedule

 

Event-driven Review

Expectancy Theory

 

Expectation of Accountability

Extra Works

   

F

f

Fee

 

Feedback

Finish to Start

 

Finish to Start Lag

Follow-on Work

 

Folly

Free Riding

 

Free Slack

Fuzzy Front End

   

G

G&A

Goods

 

Goodwill

Guideline

   

H

Hammock

Hypothesis

   

I

I.e.

Incentive

 

Incentive Scheme

Informal

 

Informal Review

Inspection

 

Inspection by Attributes

Integrity

 

Intellectual Property

Internet Protocol Address

 

Internet Service Provider

ITIL

   

J

JAD

Just In Time

   

K

Kaizen

KSI

   

L

Labor

Latest Start

 

Latest Start Date

Legislation

 

Legitimate

Limiting Quality

 

Limits of Authority

Lump Sum

   

M

Macro Environment

Management Reserve

 

Management Structure

Marketing

 

Marketing Plan

MBO

 

MBP

Milestone

 

Milestone Chart

Modular Design

 

Module

Must Start

   

N

N/A

New Component

 

NIH

NTE

   

O

O&M

Operational and Maintenance Acceptance

 

Operational Projects

Organizational Change Management

 

Organizational Constraints

Ownership of Quality Responsibility

   

P

P3s

PC

 

PCA

Period of Performance

 

Periodic Review

Pitch

 

Plan

Policies and Procedures

 

Policies/Procedures

Post-Implementation Review

 

Postmortem

Preliminary Technical Criteria

 

Premature Termination

Probabilistic Networks

 

Probability

Process Role

 

Process View

Product Breakdown Structure

 

Product Champion

Profitability

 

Program

Program Management

 

Program Management Office

Progress Trend

 

Progressive Acquisition

Project Benefits

 

Project Board

Project Communications Management

 

Project Communications Plan

Project Evaluation

 

Project Evaluation Review

Project Location

 

Project Log

Project Manager

 

Project Mandate

Project Plan

 

Project Plan Development

Project Risk Characterization

 

Project Risk Grouping

Project Strategy

 

Project Structure

Projects, Unified

 

Promoter

PVWS

   

Q

QA

Quality Control

 

Quality Council

Quotation

   

R

RAG Status

Recruitment, Selection and Job Placement

 

Recurring Costs

Replacement Theory

 

Replacement Value

Requirements Workflow

 

Reschedule

Resource Level

 

Resource Leveling

Responsibility Assignment Matrix

 

Responsibility Chart

Risk Analyst

 

Risk and Contingency Management

Risk Management

 

Risk Management Budget

Risk Sharing

 

Risk Takers

Roles

 

Roll Up

Runaway Project

   

S

S Curve

Schedule Performance Index

 

Schedule Refinement

Scope Constraints

 

Scope Control

Sealed Bidding

 

Second Source

Shall

 

Shareholder Manager Style

SLVAR

 

SME

Specification

 

Specification Change Notice

Stage Gate

 

Stage Manager

Standards

 

Start Event of a Project

Storming

 

Stovepipe

Sub-portfolio

 

Subproject

Supply Chain

 

Supply Side

Systems Scope Description

   

T

T&M

Team Decision Making

 

Team Development

Technical Training

 

Technique

Third Party Claim

 

Threat

Time Value of Money

 

Timebox

Traceability

 

Tracking

Type

   

U

UB

Utilization

   

V

VAC

Variance Reports

 

Variance Threshold

Volume

   

W

Wage

Work Breakdown Structure

 

Work Breakdown Structure Component

WYSIWYG

   

Y

Yield

Yield

   

Z

Zero Based Budgeting

Zero Float


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