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Project Management Definitions

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A (27)

Acceptance Criteria
Accepted Deliverables
Accuracy
Accuracy
Acquire Resources
Acquisition
Activity
Activity Attributes
Activity Duration
Activity Duration Estimates
Activity List
Activity-on-Node (AON)
Actual Cost (AC)
Actual Duration
adaptive approach
Adaptive Life Cycle
Affinity Diagrams
agile
Agile Life Cycle
Agreements
Alternatives Analysis
ambiguity
Analogous Estimating
artifact
Assumption
Assumption Log
Authority

B (22)

Backlog
Backward Pass
Balanced Scorecard
Bar Chart
Baseline
Basis of Estimates
Benchmarking
benefit
Benefits Management Plan
Bid Documents
Bidder Conference
blocker
Bottom-Up Estimating
Budget
Budget at Completion (BAC)
Buffer
burn chart
Business Analysis
Business Analyst (BA)
Business Case
Business Requirements Document (BRD)
Business Value

C (71)

cadence
Cause and Effect Diagram
Change
Change Control
Change Control Board (CCB)
Change Control System
Change Control Tools
Change Log
change management
Change Management Plan
Change Request
Charter
Check Sheet
Checklist Analysis
Claim
Claims Administration
Close Project or Phase
Closing Focus Area
Closing Process Group
Code of Accounts
Collect Requirements
Colocation
Communication Methods
Communication Models
Communication Requirements Analysis
Communication Styles Assessment
Communication Technology
Communications Management Plan
complexity
Conduct Procurements
Configuration Management Plan
Configuration Management System
confirmation bias
Conformance
Constraint
Context Diagrams
Contingency
Contingency Reserve
Contingent Response Strategies
continuous delivery
Contract
Control
Control Account
Control Chart
Control Costs
Control Limits
Control Procurements
Control Quality
Control Resources
Control Schedule
Control Scope
Corrective Action
Cost Aggregation
Cost Baseline
Cost Management Plan
Cost of Quality (CoQ)
Cost Performance Index (CPI)
Cost Plus Award Fee Contract (CPAF)
Cost Plus Fixed Fee Contract (CPFF)
Cost Plus Incentive Fee Contract (CPIF)
Cost Variance (CV)
Cost-Benefit Analysis
Cost-Reimbursable Contract
Crashing
Create WBS
Criteria
Critical Chain Method (CCM)
Critical Path
Critical Path Activity
Critical Path Method (CPM)
cumulative flow diagram

D (26)

dashboard
Data
Data Analysis Techniques
Data Date
Data Gathering Techniques
Data Representation Techniques
Decision Tree Analysis
Decision-Making Techniques
Decomposition
Defect
Defect Repair
Define Activities
Define Scope
definition of done (DoD)
Deliverable
Delphi Technique
Dependency
Design of Experiments (DOE)
Determine Budget
Develop Project Charter
Develop Project Management Plan
Develop Schedule
Develop Team
Development Approach
Direct and Manage Project Work
Duration

E (22)

Early Finish Date (EF)
Early Start Date (ES)
Earned Schedule (ES)
Earned Value (EV)
Earned Value Management
Effort
Emotional Intelligence
Enterprise Environmental Factors
epic
Estimate
Estimate Activity Durations
Estimate Activity Resources
Estimate at Completion (EAC)
Estimate Costs
Estimate to Complete (ETC)
Execute
Executing Focus Area
Executing Process Group
expected monetary value (EMV)
Expert Judgment
Explicit Knowledge
external dependencies

F (22)

Fallback Plan
Fast Tracking
feature
Fee
Finish Date
Finish-to-Finish (FF)
Finish-to-Start (FS)
Firm Fixed Price Contract (FFP)
Fishbone diagram
Fixed Price Incentive Fee Contract (FPIF)
Fixed Price with Economic Price Adjustment Contract (FPEPA)
Fixed-Price Contract
Float
flow
Flowchart
Focus Groups
Force Field Analysis
Forecast
Forward Pass
Free Float
function point
Funding Limit Reconciliation

G (5)

Gantt chart
governance
Governance Framework
Grade
Ground Rules

H (3)

Histogram
Historical Information
hybrid approach

I (31)

Identify Risks
Identify Stakeholders
impediment
Implement Risk Responses
Imposed Date
Incentive Fee
Increment
incremental approach
Incremental Life Cycle
Independent Estimates
Index V1
Influence Diagram
Information
Initiating Focus Area
Initiating Process Group
Input
Inspection
Integrated Change Control
internal dependencies
Interpersonal and Team Skills
Interpersonal Skills
Interviews
Invitation for Bid (IFB)
Issue
Issue Log
Iteration
iteration plan
iteration planning
iteration review
iterative approach
Iterative Life Cycle

K (4)

kanban board
Key Performance Indicator (KPI)
Knowledge
Knowledge Management System (KMS)

L (11)

Lag
Late Finish Date (LF)
Late Start Date (LS)
Lead
Lessons Learned
Lessons Learned Register
Lessons Learned Repository
Level of Effort (LOE)
Life Cycle
Log
Logical Relationship

M (30)

Make-or-Buy Analysis
Make-or-Buy Decisions
Manage Communications
Manage Project Knowledge
Manage Quality
Manage Stakeholder Engagement
Manage Team
Management by Objectives (MBO)
Management Reserve
Mandatory Dependency
Matrix Diagrams
method
Methodology
metric
Milestone
milestone schedule
Mind Mapping
minimum viable product (MVP)
modeling
Monitor
Monitor and Control Project Work
Monitor Communications
Monitor Risks
Monitor Stakeholder Engagement
monitoring
Monitoring and Controlling Focus Area
Monitoring and Controlling Process Group
Monte Carlo analysis/simulation
Monte Carlo Simulation
Multicriteria Decision Analysis

N (7)

Net Promoter Score
Network
Network Logic
Network Path
Networking
Node
Nominal Group Technique

O (10)

Objective
Opportunity
organizational breakdown structure
Organizational Breakdown Structure (OBS)
Organizational Learning
Organizational Maturity Model
Organizational Process Assets
outcome
Output
Overall Project Risk

P (73)

Parametric Estimating
Path Convergence
Path Divergence
Percent Complete
performance measurement
phase gate
Phase Gate (Stage Gate)
plan
planned value (PV)
Planning Focus Area
Planning Process Group
Plurality
Policy
Portfolio
Portfolio Management
Practice
Precedence Diagramming Method (PDM)
Precedence Relationship
precision
Predecessor Activity
predictive approach
Predictive Life Cycle
Preventive Action
Prioritization Matrix
Probability and Impact Matrix
Procedure
Process
Procurement Audits
Procurement Documentation
Procurement Management Plan
Procurement Statement of Work
Procurement Strategy
Product
Product Analysis
Product Life Cycle
product management
product owner
Product Scope
Product Scope Description
Program
Program Management
Progressive Elaboration
Project
Project Calendar
Project Charter
Project Funding Requirements
Project Governance
Project Initiation
project lead
Project Life Cycle
Project Management
project management body of knowledge (PMBOK)
Project Management Focus Areas
Project Management Information System
Project Management Office (PMO)
Project Management Plan
Project Management Process Group
Project Management Team
Project Manager
Project Organization Chart
Project Phase
project review
Project Schedule
Project Schedule Network Diagram
Project Scope
Project Scope Statement
project sponsor
project success
Project Team
Project Team Directory
Projectized Organization
prototype
Prototypes

Q (11)

Quality
Quality Audits
Quality Control Measurements
Quality Function Deployment (QFD)
Quality Management Plan
Quality Management System
Quality Metrics
Quality Policy
Quality Report
Quality Requirement
Questionnaires

R (56)

RACI Chart
register
Regression Analysis
Regulations
release
release planning
report
Request for Information (RFI)
Request for Proposal (RFP)
Request for Quotation (RFQ)
Requirement
Requirements Documentation
Requirements Management Plan
Requirements Traceability Matrix
Reserve
Reserve Analysis
Resource
Resource Breakdown Structure
Resource Calendar
Resource Histogram
Resource Leveling
Resource Management Plan
Resource Manager
Resource Optimization Technique
Resource Requirements
Resource Smoothing
Responsibility
Responsibility Assignment Matrix (RAM)
Result
Rework
Risk
Risk Acceptance
Risk Appetite
Risk Audit
Risk Avoidance
Risk Breakdown Structure (RBS)
Risk Categorization
Risk Category
Risk Data Quality Assessment
Risk Enhancement
Risk Escalation
Risk Exploiting
Risk Exposure
Risk Management Plan
Risk Mitigation
Risk Owner
Risk Register
Risk Report
Risk Review
Risk Sharing
Risk Threshold
Risk Transference
roadmap
Role
Rolling Wave Planning
Root Cause Analysis

S (49)

S-Curve Analysis
S-curve diagram
Schedule
Schedule Baseline
Schedule Compression
Schedule Data
Schedule Forecasts
Schedule Management Plan
Schedule Model
Schedule Network Analysis
Schedule Performance Index (SPI)
Schedule Variance (SV)
Scheduling Tool
Scope
Scope Baseline
Scope Creep
Scope Management Plan
Secondary Risk
self-organizing team
Seller
Seller Proposals
Sensitivity Analysis
Sequence Activities
Simulation
Source Selection Criteria
Specification
Specification Limits
Sponsor
Sponsoring Organization
sprint
Stakeholder
Stakeholder Analysis
Stakeholder Engagement Assessment Matrix
Stakeholder Engagement Plan
Stakeholder Mapping
Stakeholder Register
Standard
Start Date
Start-to-Finish (SF)
Start-to-Start (SS)
Statement of Work (SOW)
Statistical Sampling
status meeting
steering committee
story point
strategic plan
Successor Activity
swarm
SWOT Analysis

T (25)

Tacit Knowledge
Tailoring
task board
Team Charter
Team Management Plan
technical performance measures
Technique
template
Templates
Test and Evaluation Documents
Threat
Three-Point Estimating
Threshold
throughput
Time and Material Contract (T&M)
time and materials (T&M) contract
timebox
To-Complete Performance Index (TCPI)
Tolerance
Tool
Tornado Diagram
Total Float
Trend Analysis
Trigger Condition
triple bottom line

U (4)

Unanimity
uncertainty
Update
use case

V (15)

Validate Scope
Validation
value
value delivery system
value proposition
vanity metric
Variance
Variance Analysis
variance at completion (VAC)
Variation
Verification
Verified Deliverables
Virtual Teams
vision statement
volatility

W (11)

waste
WBS Dictionary
What-If Scenario Analysis
wideband Delphi
Work Authorization System
Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
Work Breakdown Structure Component
Work Package
Work Performance Data
Work Performance Information
Work Performance Reports

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