unit 3 Flashcards
- Contingency
a future event or circumstance that is possible but cannot be predicted with certainty.
- Deliverable
a thing able to be provided, especially as a product of a development process.
- Execute
to carry out or to put into effect a plan, order, or course of action.
- Gantt Chart
a chart in which a series of horizontal lines shows the amount of work done or production completed in certain periods of time in relation to the amount planned for those periods.
- Initiate
to cause a process or action to begin
- Mitigation
the action of reducing the severity, seriousness, or painfulness of something.
- Monitor
to watch, keep track of, or check usually for a special purpose.
- Performance management
an ongoing process or communication between team members that occurs throughout a project or schedule in support of accomplishing the strategic objectives of the organization or a specific project
- Project management
the practice of initiating, planning, executing, controlling, and closing the work of a team to achieve specific goals and meet specific success criteria at a specified time
- Project planning
a part of project management, relates to the use of schedules such a Gantt Charts to plan and subsequently report progress within the project environment; initially the project scope is defined and the appropriate methods for completing the projects are determined.
- Project
an individual or collaborative enterprise that is carefully planned and designed to achieve a particular aim.
- Risk
a situation involving exposure to danger.
- Scope
the extent of the area or subject matter that something deals with or to which it is relevant.
- Qualitative measure
a measure of the quality of something, measuring people’s thoughts, feelings, behaviors, typically captured using responses.
- Quantitative measure
a measure of the quantity of something rather than its quality, typically numerical or captured using a scale.
