Project Lingo
This is a measurable output or product resulting from a project task.
What is a deliverable?
Outlines roles, responsibilities, and communication frequency.
What is a stakeholder communication plan?
This chart visually represents the project timeline.
What is a Gantt chart?
Person ultimately accountable for the project's success.
Who is the project sponsor?
This Planner feature organizes tasks into categories or columns.
What are Buckets?
This term refers to a temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique result.
What is a project?
Summarizes what was discussed and decided during a meeting.
What are meeting minutes?
Task relationship where one must finish before the next can start.
What is finish-to-start (FS)?
A matrix used to define roles: Responsible, Accountable, Consulted, Informed.
What is a RACI chart?
This Planner feature allows a task to be broken into smaller steps.
What is a Checklist?
A visual breakdown of the project's scope into manageable sections.
What is a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)?
This document is used when you need to formally update the scope, budget, or timeline of a project.
What is a change request form?
The longest path through the project tasks that determines duration.
What is the critical path?
Tool used to prioritize stakeholders by power and interest.
What is the power-interest grid?
To make Planner appear on the Teams toolbar, you must do this.
What is pinning the Planner app?
This occurs when additional features or tasks are added without approval.
What is scope creep?
This message format is used to communicate with internal or external stakeholders in a clear, professional tone.
What is a professional email?
The amount of time a task can be delayed without affecting the project end date.
What is float or slack?
This stakeholder requested budget reviews every Friday.
Who is the finance officer (Daniel Okafor)?
This menu option allows you to access Plan Settings in Planner within Teams.
What is the three-dot menu (More Options)?
The point or event that marks the completion of a major phase in the project.
What is a milestone?
This tool is used to record, categorize, and track spending throughout the project.
What is an expense tracker or budget worksheet?
This scheduling technique is used to calculate the earliest start and finish times for each task in a project.
What is the forward pass?
This type of stakeholder has low power and low interest and should typically just be monitored.
What is a minimal effort stakeholder?
This Planner view displays visual summaries of task status and progress.
What is Charts view?