Project Management Terms
The person responsible for ensuring a project runs smoothly from start to finish
What is a project manager?
The year CUA was founded - coincidentally, also the year the first can of beer was made.
What is 1935?
This methodology is known for its linear, sequential approach where each phase must be completed before the next one begins, often used in construction and manufacturing projects.
What is Waterfall?
This person oversees ITMs at CUA.
Who is Landon Alexander?
This planet is known as the “Red Planet” because of its reddish appearance.
What is Mars?
These individuals or groups have an interest in the outcome of a project and can influence its success or failure.
Who are project stakeholders?
The award given out annually to a CUA employee that displays outstanding service.
What is the Sandy Knox Service Award?
This methodology focuses on delivering small, incremental changes through iterative cycles, often used in software development.
What is Agile?
This person is Frank's predecessor as CEO.
Who is Bob Thurman?
This species of eagle, known for its white head and tail, is the national bird and symbol of the United States.
What is the Bald Eagle?
This document outlines the project’s objectives, scope, deliverables, and key stakeholders, serving as a reference throughout the project lifecycle.
What is a project charter?
This program is a requirement for financial institutions to verify the identity of their customers to prevent money laundering and terrorist financing.
What is a Customer Identification Program (CIP)?
This methodology uses a visual system to manage work as it moves through a process, often represented by cards on a board to show tasks and their status.
What is Kanban?
This person has been at CUA their entire career - starting as a PT teller, currently serving as RVP.
Who is Jesse Foreman?
This iconic Wichita sculpture, located at the confluence of the Arkansas and Little Arkansas rivers, represents the spirit of the Plains Indians.
What is the Keeper of the Plains?
This term refers to a visual representation of a project’s tasks, their durations, and dependencies, often used to track progress and manage timelines.
What is a Gantt chart?
CUA's vendor that handles building visitor check-in
What is Envoy?
This methodology combines elements of both Agile and Waterfall, allowing for flexibility in project phases while maintaining a structured approach.
What is Hybrid project management?
This person handles things like PowerOns, SpecFiles, and more!
Who is Russ Fahey?
This type of attack involves tricking individuals into revealing confidential information by pretending to be a trustworthy entity in electronic communications.
What is phishing?
This term refers to the unauthorized changes or continuous growth in a project’s scope without corresponding adjustments to time, cost, and resources.
What is scope creep?
Chairman of the board at CUA.
Who is Richard Gilstrap?
This project management methodology emphasizes flexibility, collaboration, and customer feedback, often using short development cycles called sprints.
What is Scrum?
This dept. manages relationships with vendors like Alkami, Eltropy, WithClutch, and more!
What is IT Applications?
This term refers to the interest rate at which banks lend money to each other overnight to maintain their reserve requirements.
What is the federal funds rate?