Wideman's PM Glossary v5.5

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Glossary Notes
• The list below shows the range of definitions on each page:
   Select the range that includes your definition!
• The word "Project" is implied in many labels, unless the omission
   would result in a different meaning. Example: "risk" implies
   financial risk, whereas "Project Risk" is specific to project management
• For consistency, we use US spelling: E.g. "program" = "programme"
• In this update of Glosary v5.5 we have added an extra column marked "Cat" (category).
   The entries in this column show in which Glossary Domain the particular definition will
   appear in the Glossary v6.1 collection.
• For more explanation, see A New Goal for Our Glossary.

Page Content Index

Letter	From	To
A	ABC	Accrued Cost
	Accrued Costs	Activity Arrow Net
	Activity Attributes	Actual Finish
	Actual Finish Date	Allocation
	Allowable Cost	Approval to Proceed
	Approve	Associated Revenue
	Association	Award Letter
B	BAC	Baseline Control
	Baseline Cost	Benefits Map
	Benefits Plan	Bill of Quantities
	Bills of Materials	Budget at Completion
	Budget Cost	Business Analyst, financial
	Business Appraisal	Bypassing
C	C/SCSC	Cascade Chart
	CASE (1)	Change Budget
	Change Control	Claim
	Clarification	Commissioning
	Commissioning Plan	Compatibility
	Compensation	Computer Cost Applications
	Computer Hardware	Configuration
	Configuration Audit	Consent
	Consequences	Contingency
	Contingency Allowance	Contract Form
	Contract Funds Status Report	Control
	Control Account	Corporate Responsibility Matrix
	Corporate Standards	Cost Control
	Cost Control Point	Cost Plus Fee Contract
	Cost Plus Fixed Fee Contract	Crash Duration
	Crashing	Critical Sequence Analysis
	Critical Subcontractor	Cycle Time
D	Daily Log	Decision Tree
	Decision Tree Analysis	Delivery
	Delphi Technique	Design Contingency
	Design Contract	Development Phase
	Development Plan	Discretionary Work
	Discrimination	Dynamic Classification
E	E.g.	ECC
	Economic Analysis	Email
	Emotion	Environment, natural
	Environment, project	Estimate Class C
	Estimate Class D	Event-on-Node
	EVM	Expectations
	Expected Monetary Value	Extra Works
F	f	Feature
	Fee	Finish Float
	Finish to Finish	Fog Index
	Follow-on Action Recommendations	Free Float
	Free Riding	Fuzzy Front End
G	G&A	Goodwill
	Governance	Guideline
H	Hammock	Hypothesis
I	I.e.	Incentive Scheme
	Incentive Schemes	Informal Review
	Information	Inspection
	Inspection by Attributes	Integrity
	Intellectual Property	Internet Protocol Address
	Internet Service Provider	ITIL
J	JAD	Just In Time
K	Kaizen	KSI
L	Labor	Latest Start
	Latest Start Date	Legislation
	Legitimate	Limiting Quality
	Limits of Authority	Lump Sum
M	Macro Environment	Management Reserve
	Management Structure	Marketing
	Marketing Plan	MBO
	MBP	Milestone
	Milestone Chart	Modular Design
	Module	Must Start
N	N/A	New Component
	NIH	NTE
O	O&M	Operational Projects
	Operational System	Organizational Constraints
	Organizational Context	Ownership of Quality Responsibility
P	P3s	PC
	PCA	Period of Performance
	Periodic Review	Pilot
	Pilot Production	Point of Contact
	Policies	Positive Float
	Post Audit	Predecessor Activity
	Predecessor Task	Prioritization
	Priority	Process
	Process and Organization	Product
	Product Acceptance Review	Professional Liability
	Professional Project Management	Program Director
	Program Directorate	Programmer Trainee
	Programming	Project
	Project Accountant	Project Charter
	Project Closeout	Project Engineer
	Project Environment	Project Life Cycle (Span)
	Project Life Cycle (Span) Cost	Project Manager
	Project Mandate	Project Plan
	Project Plan Development	Project Risk Characterization
	Project Risk Grouping	Project Strategy
	Project Structure	Projects, Unified
	Promoter	PVWS
Q	QA	Quality Control
	Quality Council	Quotation
R	RAG Status	Recurring Costs
	Recurring Task	Replacement Value
	Replan	Reschedule
	Rescheduling	Resource Leveling
	Resource Limited Scheduling	Responsible Organization
	Restraint	Risk Assessment Tables
	Risk Assessment, Quantitative	Risk Management Plan
	Risk Management Planning	Risk Transfer
	Risk Treatment	Runaway Project
S	S Curve	Schedule Risk
	Schedule Simulation	Scope Creep
	Scope Criteria	Secondary Risks
	Secondment Matrix	Shop Drawings
	Shop Inspection	Social Factors
	Social Loafing	Specification
	Specification Change Notice	Stage File
	Stage Gate	Standards
	Start Event of a Project	Storming
	Stovepipe	Sub-portfolio
	Subproject	Supply Side
	Support	Systems Scope Description
T	T&M	Team Decision Making
	Team Development	Technique
	Technological	Three Point Estimate
	Threshold	Time-Limited Scheduling
	Time-Phased Budget	Trade-Off
	Trades	Type
U	UB	Utilization
V	VAC	Variance Reports
	Variance Threshold	Volume
W	Wage	Work Breakdown Structure
	Work Breakdown Structure Component	WYSIWYG
Y	Yield	Yield
Z	Zero Based Budgeting	Zero Float

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