- Labor
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 Any of the following: - The expenditure of physical or mental effort especially when difficult or compulsory.
- Human activity that provides goods or services
- An economic group comprising those who do manual labor, generally represented by labor unions.
[D02921]
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Webster |
- Labor Agreements
- Formal contracts between the enterprise and its labor unions. [D02922]
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RMW |
- Labor Intensive
- Project activities that have a high content of manual effort relative to production achieved through the use of mechanical equipment. [D02923]
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RMW |
- Labor Pool
- A pool or agency from which workers can be hired by interested employers. [D02942]
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PMDT |
- Labor Productivity
- See Productivity. [D03638]
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- Labor Rate Variances
- Difference between planned labor rates and actual labor rates. [D00890]
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WST |
- Labor Relations
- Those formal activities developed by an organization to negotiate and bargain with its workforce, whether or not that workforce is unionized. [D00891]
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PMK87 |
- Labor Turnover
- The relationship between employee hirings and separations. [D02943]
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PMDT |
- Ladder
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 Device for representing a set of overlapping activities in a network diagram.
Note: The start and finish of each succeeding activity are
linked only to the start and finish of the preceding activity by lead and lag activities, which consume only time. [D04457]
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APM
BS |
- A sequence of parallel activities connected at their starts or finishes, or both. [D00892]
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WST |
- Ladder Activity
- A type of activity identified in network scheduling. An arrangement in which two or more series of activities progress concurrently but in lockstep because of dependent links between the same rungs of each ladder. [D02924]
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RMW |
- Lag
- The amount of time after one task is started or finished before the next task can be started or finished.
Editor's Note: A Lag may have a negative value tied to the finish of a previous activity, reflecting a Fast Track approach. [D00895]
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OTOB 271-4 |
- A modification of a logical relationship which directs a delay in the successor task. For example, in a finish-to-start dependency with a 10 day lag, the successor activity cannot start until 10 days after the predecessor has finished. See also lead. [D00893]
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PMK96 |
- The logical relationship between the start and/or finish of one activity and the start and/or finish of another activity. [D00894]
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PMK87 |
- The time delay between the start or finish of an activity and the start or finish of its successor(s). See finish-to-finish lag, finish-to-start lag, and start-to-start lag. [D00898]
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WST
PMST |
- Either
- In a network diagram, the minimum necessary lapse of time between the finish of one activity and the finish of an overlapping activity, or
- Delay incurred between two specified activities.
[D04583]
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APM
BS |
- Lag Duration
- A duration by which a given task must be completed before the succeeding activity can begin. [D00896]
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CPMUSC 176-8 |
- Lag Relationship
- The four basic types of lag relationships between the start and/or finish of a work item and the start and/or finish of another work item are:
- Finish to Start
- Start to Finish
- Finish to Finish
- Start to Start
[D00897]
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PMK87 |
- Lag Time
- The amount of time delay between the completion of one task and the start of its successor task. [D00899]
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MSP98 |
- Lagging
- Deliberately setting the start, or finish, of on activity behind the start, or finish, of another. A scheduling technique necessary to enable relatively concurrent progress on more than one activity. [D02925]
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RMW |
- LAN
- See Local Area Network
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- Language
- A systematic means of communicating ideas or feelings by the use of conventionalized signs, sounds, or gestures. [D00900]
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PMK87 |
- Last In, First Out ("LIFO")
- For inventory accounting purposes, the last unit into the inventory is assumed to be the first unit to be drawn out. The inventory value assigned to any unit drawn out is the value of the last unit recorded as still being in inventory. It does not matter which unit is physically drawn out of inventory. See also FIFO. [D03520]
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GAT |
- Late Bid
- A bid received in the office designated in the invitation for bids after the exact time set for opening. [D03522]
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GAT |
- Late Dates
- Calculated in the backward pass of time analysis, late dates are the latest dates on which an activity can start and finish. [D00901]
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WST |
- Late Event Date
- Calculated from backward pass, it is the latest date an event can occur. [D00902]
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WST |
- Late Finish ("LF")
- The latest time an activity may be completed without delaying the project finish date. [D00903]
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PMK87 |
- The latest dates by which an activity can finish to avoid causing delays in the project. Many PM software packages calculate late dates with a backward pass from the end of the project to the beginning. [D00905]
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WST
PMST |
- Late Finish Date ("LFD")
- In the critical path method, the latest possible date that an activity may be completed without delaying a specified milestone (usually the project finish date). [D00904]
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PMK96 |
- Late Start ("LS")
- The latest time an activity may begin without delaying the project finish date of the network. This date is calculated as the late finish minus the duration of the activity. [D00906]
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PMK87 |
- The latest dates by which an activity can start to avoid causing delays in the project. Many PM software packages calculate late dates with a backward pass from the end of the project to the beginning. [D00908]
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WST
PMST |
- Late Start Date ("LSD")
- In the critical path method, the latest possible date that an activity may be begun without delaying a specified milestone (usually the project finish date). [D00907]
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PMK96 |
- Latent Defect
- A defect which exists at the time of acceptance but cannot be discovered by a reasonable inspection. See also Patent Defect. [D03523]
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GAT ` |
- Lateral Communication
- Communication across lines of equivalent authority or between managers at the same level in an organization's hierarchy. [D00909]
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OTOB 271-4 |
- Lateral Thinking
- A technique used to encourage new and creative ideas without necessarily any logical sequence. [D02944]
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PMDT |
- Latest Event Time
- Latest time by which an event has to occur within the logical and imposed constraints of the network, without affecting the total project duration. [D04458]
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APM
BS |
- Latest Finish
- The latest day a work item can finish without affecting the project duration assuming that all subsequent work items start as soon as they are able and are completed in their expected times. [D00911]
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CCCP |
- In a network diagram schedule, the latest time at which an activity can be finished. [D00910]
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SPM 304-9 |
- Latest Finish Time
- See Late Finish. [D02926]
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- Latest Start
- The latest day that a work item can start without affecting the final project duration. This assumes that it is completed in its expected time and all subsequent work items start as soon as they are able and are completed in their expected times. [D00913]
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CCCP |
- In a network diagram schedule, the latest time at which an activity can be started. [D00912]
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SPM 304-9 |
- Latest Start Time
- See Late Start. [D02927]
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- Launch, project
- See Project Initiation. [D02928]
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- Law
- A binding custom or practice of a community, enforced by the judiciary. A rule of conduct or action prescribed or formally recognized as binding or enforced by a controlling authority. [D02929]
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Webster |
- Laws
- The rules and regulations one must abide by. [D02945]
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PMDT |
- Layer
- A specific way of grouping packages in a model at the same level of abstraction. [D04852]
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RUP |
- Layoff
- The temporary separation of workers from their jobs. The situation occurs when companies must let workers go for lack of work. [D02946]
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PMDT |
- LCC
- See Life Cycle Cost
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- Lead
- In a network diagram, the minimum necessary lapse of time between the start of one activity and the start of an overlapping activity. [D04584]
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APM
BS |
- A modification of a logical relationship which allows an acceleration of the successor task. For example, in a finish-to-start dependency with a 10 day lead, the successor activity can start 10 days before the predecessor has finished. See also lag. [D00914]
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PMK96 |
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