A high level requirement containing just enough information to help the team produce a reasonable sizing of the requirement.
What is the User Story?
100
A tool used by multiple software methods to track the progress of the work completed.
What is a Burndown Chart?
100
Method that brings a small team together to work on a specified set of features and uses an iterative and incremental approach for development.
What is Scrum?
100
The person who has ultimate authority over the project.
What is a Sponsor?
100
An uncertain event or condition that, if it occurs, has a negative effect on a project's objectives.
What is a Risk?
200
A documented representation of a condition or capability; one that is needed by a stakeholder to solve a problem.
What is a Requirement?
200
A tool used to divide the total project scope into manageable pieces or work.
What is a Work Breakdown Structure?
200
A set of specified practices, techniques, and rules used to manage a project.
What is Project Methodology?
200
Leaders of a team responsible for measuring, analyzing, improving, and controlling key processes that influence customer satisfaction.
What is Black Belt?
200
A scheduled event signifying the completion of a major deliverable.
What is a Project Milestone?
300
The process of comparing two things in order to determine the difference that exists between them.
What is Gap Analysis?
300
Used to model a process; it models the actions performed by the components of a business process or IT system, the order in which they take place, and the conditions that coordinate the actions in a specific order.
What is an Activity Diagram?
300
A process improvement methodology that is structured into 5 phases.
What is a Six Sigma?
300
Any person or group that is affected by the execution and success or failure of a project.
What is a Stakeholder?
300
A department that an organization can establish to define and maintain standard practices.
What is a Project Management Office?
400
Provides the details of the functionality that the system will support and describes how the actors will use the system.
What is a Use Case Diagram?
400
A type of bar diagram that illustrates a project schedule.
What is a Gantt Chart?
400
General term and conceptual framework used to describe various methodologies that include iterative analysis, time-boxed iterations, and delivery of the most critical features first.
What is Agile?
400
A temporary position held by the person responsible for the overall process and ultimately, for the success of the project.
What is a Project Manager?
400
A statement of the scope, objectives, and participants in a project.
What is a Project Charter?
500
A requirements definition and software system design method in which the whole team attends collaborative workshops to work out system details.
What is Joint Application Development?
500
Illustrated description of how things get done, which enables participants to identify areas of strengths and weaknesses.
What is a Process Map?
500
An integrated approach to designing and improving work towards a customer-focused ideal state, through the engagement of all people aligned by common principles and practices.
What is Lean?
500
The individual responsible for specific procedures within their department.