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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

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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