Definitions "W" Flashcards
War Room
A centralized office or locale for the project manager and the project team to work on the project. It can house information not eh project, including documentation and support materials. It allows the project team to work in close proximity.
Warranty Period
After the project has been completed, there is often a predefined period of time where the performing organization is responsible for their solution should there be any bugs, defects, or other performance issues.
Waterfall
A predictive project management approach where the stages of the project are predefined and the flow of the work moves from the top of the flow through each stage to the final stage of the project.
Whiteboard
A physical board or software to draw solutions, facilitate a conversation, or illustrate a key idea.
Withdrawal
A conflict resolution method that is used when the issue is not important of the project manager is outranked. The project manager pushes the issue aside for later resolution. It can also be used as a method for cooling down. The conflict is not resolved, and it is considered a yield-lost solution.
Work Authorization System
A tool that can control the organization, sequence, and official authorization to begin a piece of the project work.
Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
A deliverable-oriented collection of project components. Work that isn’t in the WBS isn’t in the project. The point of the WBS is to organize and define the project scope.
Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) Dictionary
A reference tool to explain the WBS components, the nature of the work package, the assigned resources, and the time and billing estimates for each element.
Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) Template
A master WBS that is used in organizations as a starting point in defining the work for a particular project. This approach is recommended, as most projects in an organization are similar in the project life cycles, and the approach can be adapted to fit a given project.
Work Unit
A chunk of work that must be completed to ensure a phase ends on schedule so that the next phase can begin.
Workaround
An unplanned response to a risk that has occurred when there is no contingency plan in place.
Workshops
One-day or multiple-day events, often held offsite, that focus on gathering requirements, writing the project management plan, or writing user stories in an agile project management approach.
