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Acceptance Criteria
A set of conditions that is required to be met before deliverables are accepted.
Accepted Deliverables
Products, results, or capabilities produced by a project and validated by the project customer or sponsors as meeting their specified acceptance criteria.
Accuracy
Within the quality management system; an assessment of correctness
Acquire Project Team
The process of confirming human resource availability and obtain the team necessary to complete project activities.
Acquisition
Obtaining human and material resources necessary to perform project activities. Acquisition implies a cost of resources, and not necessarily financial
Activity Attributes
Multiple attributes associated with each schedule activity that can be included within the activity list. Activity attributes include activity codes, predecessor activities, successor activities, logical relationships, leads and lags, resource requirements, imposed dates, constraints, and assumptions.
Activity Code
One or more numerical or text values that identify characteristics of the work or in some way categorize the schedule activity that allows filtering and ordering of activities within reports.
Activity Cost Estimates
The projected cost of the schedule activity that includes the cost for all resources required to perform the complete the activity, including all cost types and cost components
Activity Duration
The Time in calendar units between the start and finish of a schedule activity. (refer to duration)
Activity Duration Estimates
The quantitative assessments of the likely number of time periods that are required to complete an activity
Activity Identifier
A short unique numeric or text identification assigned to each schedule activity to differentiate that project activity form other activities. Typically unique within any one project schedule network diagram
Activity list
A documented tabulation of schedule activities that shows the activity description, activity identifier, and a sufficiently detailed scope of work description so project team members understand what work is to be performed
Activity network Diagrams
Similar to Project schedule network diagrams. A graphical representation of the logical relationships among the project schedule activities
Activity-On-Node
Similar to Precedence diagramming method; A technique used for constructing a schedule model in which activities are represented by nodes and are graphically linked by one or more logical relationships to show the sequence in which the activities are to be performed
Activity Resource Requirements
The types and quantities of resources required for each activity in a work package
Actual Cost (AC)
The realized cost incurred for the work performed on an activity during a specific time period
Actual Duration
The time in calendar units between the actual start date of the schedule activity and either the data date of the project schedule id the schedule activity is in progress or the actual finish date if the schedule activity is complete
Adaptive Life Cycle
A project life-cycle, Also known as change-driven or agile methods, that is intended to facilitate change and require a high degree of ongoing stakeholder involvement. Adaptive life cycles are also iterative and incremental, but differ in that iterations are very rapid (2-4 weeks typical) and are fixed in time and resources.
Additional Quality Planning Tools
A set of tools used to define the quality requirements and to plan effective quality management activities. They include but are not limited to: brainstorming, force filed analysis, nominal group techniques and quality management and control tools.
Adjusting Leads and Lags
a technique used to find ways to bring project activities that are behind into alignment with plan during project execution
Advertising
the process of calling public attention to a project or effort
Affinity Diagram
A group creativity technique that allows large numbers of ideas to be classified into groups for review and analysis
Agreements
Any documents or communication that defines the initial intentions of a project. This can take the form of a contract, memorandum of understanding (MOU), letters of agreement, verbal agreements, email, etc.
Alternative Analysis
a technique used to evaluate identified options in order to select which option or approaches to use to execute and perform the work of projects
Alternatives Generation
A technique used to develop as many potential options as possible in order to identify different approaches to execute and perform the work of the project
Analogous Estimating
A technique for estimating the duration or cost of an activity or a project using historical data from a similar activity or project
Analytical Techniques
Various techniques used to evaluate, analyze, or forecast potential outcomes based on possible variations of project or environmental variables and their relationships with other variables
Application Area
a category of projects that have common components significant in such projects but are not needed or present in all projects. Usually defined in terms of either product, customer type, or industry sector.
Applying leads and lags
technique used to adjust the amount of time between predecessor and successor activities
apportioned effort
an activity where effort is allotted proportionately across certain discrete efforts and not divisible into discrete efforts.
approved change request
a change request that has been processed through the integrated change control process and approved
approved change requests review
a review of the change requests to verify that these were implemented as approved
assumption
a factor in the planning process that is considered true, real or certain, without proof or demonstration
assumptions analysis
a technique that explores the accuracy of assumptions and identifies risks to the project from inaccuracies, inconsistency, or incompleteness of assumptions
attribute sampling
method of measuring quality that consists of noting the presence or absence of some attribute in each of the units under consideration. after each inspection, it is decided to accept the lot, reject the lot, or inspect another unit.
authority
the right to apply resources, expand funds, make decisions, or give approvals
backlog
a listing of product requirements and deliverables to be completed, written as stories, and prioritized and managed by business
backward pass
a critical path method technique for calculating the late start and late finish dates by working backward through the schedule model from project end date.
Bar chart
a graphic display of schedule related information. typical format is components listed on the “y” access, time scal on the “x” axis and bars representing duration of each component or process.
baseline
approved version of work product that can be changed only through formal change control procedures and and used for basis comparison
basis of estimates
supporting documentation outlining the details used in establishing project estimates.
benchmarking
comparison of actual or planned practices, such as processes and operations to those of comparable organizations to identify best practices, generate ideas cor improvement, and provide basis for measuring performance.
bidder conference
meetings with prospective sellers prior to the preparation of a bid or proposal to ensure all prospective vendors have a clear and common understanding of the procurement. Also known as contract conferences, vendor conferences, or pre-bid conferences
bottom-up estimating
a method of estimating project duration or cost by aggregating the estimates of the lower-level components of the work breakdown structure (WBS)
brainstorming
a general data gathering and creativity technique that can be used to identify risks, ideas, or solutions to issues by using a group of team members or subject matter experts.
budget at completion (BAC)
sum of all budgets established for the work to be performed
business case
documented economic feasibility study used to establish validity of the benefits of a selected component lacking sufficient definition and that is used as a basis for the authorization of further project management activities
business value
a concept that is unique to each organization and includes tangible and intangible elements (which provide value to clients or customers)
buyer
the acquirer of products services or results for an organization
cause and effect diagram
decomposition technique that helps trace an undesirable effect back to its root cause
