3.03 vocabulary
the subdivision of project deliverables into small, more manageable components until the work and deliverables are defined to the work package level.
Decomposition
the process of comparing the actual deliverables against what was documented within the scope baseline
Verify Scope
the process of project planning in waves as the project proceeds and later details become clearer; similar to the techniques used in agile software development approaches like Scrum.
Rolling wave planning
a management technique for determining the overall cost or timeline for a project by examining the work at the most granular level of detail, compiling all this information.
Bottom-Up Estimating
A formal or informal approach to discovering information from stakeholders by talking to them directly. It is typically performed by asking prepared and spontaneous questions and recording the responses.
Interviews
The work to be executed by the project team to accomplish project objectives and create the required deliverables.
WBS (Work Breakdown Structure)
Inspection includes activities such as measuring, examining and verifying to determine whether work and deliverables meet requirements and product acceptance criteria.
Inspection
a shaped piece of metal, wood, card, plastic, or other material used as a pattern for processes such as painting, cutting out, shaping, or drilling.
Templates
Used to help plan, organize, and manage resource pools and develop resource elements
Project Management Software
Bring together prequalified stakeholders and subject matter experts to learn about their expectations and attitudes about a proposed product, service, or result. A trained moderator guides the group through an interactive discussion.
Focus groups
Document generated by the Create WBS process that supports the WBS. The WBS Dictionary provides more detailed descriptions of the components of the WBS.
WBS Dictionary
Deliverables that meet the acceptance criteria are formally signed off and approved by the customer or sponsor. Formal documentation received from the customer or sponsor acknowledging formal stakeholder acceptance of the project’s deliverables.
Accepted Deliverable
A comprehensive list including all schedule activities required on the project. The activity list includes the activity identifier and a scope of work description for each activity in sufficient detail to ensure that project team members understand what work is required to be completed.
Activity List
a technique that uses information from a similar past project in order to estimate the cost and duration of a planned project.
Analogous Estimating
Requirements workshops are focused sessions that bring key cross-functional stakeholders together to define product requirements. Stakeholders work together to identify their requirements and work through any confliction requirements.
Facilitated workshops
The approved version of a scope statement, work breakdown structure (WBS), and its associated WBS dictionary, a component of the project management plan. Components of the scope baseline include Project Scope Statement, WBS and WBS Dictionary.
Scope baseline
the process of monitoring the status of the project and product scope and managing changes to the scope baseline.
Control Scope
The description of the activity by identify the multiple components associated with each activity. The components for each activity evolve over time. During the initial stages of the project they include the Activity ID, WBS ID, and Activity Name, and when completed may include activity codes, activity description,
Activity Attributes
a statistical and accuracy-based technique for calculating the time, cost, and resources needed for project success.
Parametric Estimating
methods used to generate ideas within a group of people or stakeholders
Group creativity techniques
Project performance measurements are used to assess the magnitude of variation from the original scope baseline.
Variance Analysis
tools used in project management to mark specific points along a project timeline.
Project Milestone
A technique used in management and information systems applications for the construction of an approximate probability distribution representing the outcome of future events
Three-point estimates
A technique used to generate and collect multiple ideas related to project and product requirements.
Brainstorming