The Project
Definitions
Project Management Lifecycle
PMI-isms
Catch All
100

Responsible for convening project team meetings.

Who is the Project manager

100

A temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product, service or result.

What is a project?

100

The stage where the project management plan is put into action.

What is the Executing stage of a project's life cycle?

100

An individual, group or organization that may affect, be affected by, or perceive itself to be affected by a decision, activity or outcome of a project.

What is a Stakeholder?

100

The meeting that aligns all team members to the common project goals.

What is kick-off meeting?

200

A group of individuals assembled to perform activities that contribute toward achieving a common task related goal.

Who is a project team?

200

A document that records the scope, tasks, milestones, and overall activities of a project.

What is a project plan?

200

The stage where all project activities and deliverables are formally concluded.

What is the Closing stage of a project's life cycle?

200

A document that organizes the flow of information with stakeholders. 

What is a Communication Plan?

200

Key events during the life of a project, usually completing deliverables or other noteworthy achievement

What is a milestone?

300

The gradual piling up of small changes that by themselves are manageable, but in aggregate are significant

What is scope creep

300

A potential event which can occur and impact a project

What is a risk?

300

The stage where the project is first conceived.

What is the Initiating stage?

300

A tool that sorts the milestones and tasks of a project in a hierarchy, in the order they need to be completed.

What is a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)?

300

The smallest activity in a project typically lasting between two hours and two weeks

What is a task?

400

A senior leader or executive who champions an initiative, secures funding, and takes ultimate business accountability.

Who is the Project Sponsor 

400

The work that needs to be accomplished to deliver a product, service, or result with the specified features and functions

What is project scope?

400

A detailed roadmap for achieving project objectives.

What is the Planning stage of a project's life cycle?

400

A document that announces all project objectives have been met.

What is a final report?

400

Planning and organizing a company's resources to move a specific task, event, or duty toward completion.

What is Project Management?

500

The practice of identifying, documenting, approving and carrying out changes within a project

What is change management?

500

A horizontal bar chart that visually maps out a project schedule, tasks, responsible parties, and when tasks are due.

What is a Gannt Chart?

500

Track, review, and regulate project progress and performance to ensure alignment with the plan.

What is the Monitoring stage of a project's life cycle?

500

A project management method that follows a linear, step by step process

Waterfall

500

A way of managing work in small, flexible steps so teams can adapt quickly.

What is Agile Project Management?