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 menu houses commands for task entry, linking, and scheduling.
What is the Task ribbon?
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 feature allows you to assign people or resources to specific tasks.
What is the Resource Sheet?
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?
View that shows a bar chart of task durations across time.
What is the Gantt Chart view?
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)?
Button used to link tasks and set dependencies.
What is the 'Link Tasks' button?
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 lets you customize columns and views to manage data better.
What is the Format tab?