Something toward which work is to be directed, a strategic position to be attained, or a purpose to be achieved, a result to be obtained, a product to be produced, or a service to be performed.
What is an Objective?
100
The total number of work periods (not including holidays or other nonworking periods) required to complete a schedule activity or work breakdown structure component. Usually expressed as workdays or workweeks.
What is Duration?
100
A point or matter in question or in dispute, or a point or matter that is not settled and is under discussion or over which there are opposing views or disagreements.
What is an Issue?
100
Acknowledging efforts by presenting an "on-the-spot" award at the office, taking them out to lunch or sending a handwritten note to their home.
What are Rewards and Recognition?
100
A condition or capability that must be met or possessed by a system, product, service, result, or component to satisfy a contract, standard, specification, or other formally imposed documents.
What is a Requirement?
200
The work that must be performed to deliver a product, service, or result with the specified features and functions.
What is the Project Scope?
200
The number of labor units required to complete a schedule activity or work breakdown structure component. Usually expressed as staff hours, staff days, or staff weeks.
What is Effort?
200
Requests to expand or reduce the project scope, modify policies,
processes, plans, or procedures, modify costs or budgets, or revise schedules.
What is a Change Request?
200
Identifying project successes and project failures, and include recommendations to improve future performance on projects.
What are Lessons Learned?
200
A store of historical information and lessons learned about both the outcomes of previous project selection decisions and previous project performance.
What is Lessons Learned Knowledge Base?
300
Person or organization (e.g., customer, sponsor, performing organization, or the public) that is actively involved in the project, or whose interests may be positively or negatively affected by execution or completion of the project. May also exert influence over the project and its deliverables.
What is Stakeholder?
300
The approved time phased plan (for a project, a work breakdown structure component, a work package, or a schedule activity), plus or minus approved project scope, cost, schedule, and technical changes.
What is a Baseline?
300
The sequence of schedule activities that determines the duration of the project.
What is the Critical Path?
300
This procedure includes all activities and interactions needed to settle and close any contract agreement established for the project.
What is Contract Closure?
300
A type of procurement document used to request proposals from prospective sellers of products or services.
What is an RFP (Request For Proposal)?
400
A document issued by the project initiator or sponsor that formally authorizes the existence of a project, and provides the project manager with the authority to apply organizational resources to project activities.
What is a Project Charter?
400
A significant point or event in the project.
What is a Milestone?
400
Conferring with others to come to terms with them or to reach an agreement.
What is Negotiation?
400
The act of formally receiving or acknowledging something and regarding it as being true, sound, suitable, or complete.
What is Acceptance?
400
A logical relationship between two project schedule activities, or between a project schedule activity and a schedule milestone.
What is Dependency?
500
Any unique and verifiable product, result, or capability to perform a service that must be produced to complete a process, phase, or project.
What is a Deliverable?
500
Factors that, for planning purposes, are considered to be true, real, or certain without proof or demonstration.
What is an Assumption?
500
The process of subdividing the major project deliverables and project work into smaller, more managable components.
What is creating the Work Breakdown Structure?
500
This procedure details all the activities, interactiions, and related roles and responsibilities of the project team members and other stakeholders.
What is Administrative Closure?
500
The relationship among the three factors (Scope, Time & Cost) is such that if any one changes then at least one of the other factors will be impacted.