ITE 308 - Project Management - Lecture 26

Vocabulary flashcards for project management lecture.

Work Breakdown Structure

A deliverable-oriented decomposition of a project into smaller components.

Gantt Chart

A type of bar chart that illustrates a project schedule.

Prototype

An early sample, model, or release of a product built to test a concept or process.

Project Quality Management

Ensuring that a project will satisfy the needs for which it was undertaken.

Conformance to requirements

The project’s processes and products meet written specifications.

Fitness for use

A product can be used as it was intended.

Planning quality management

Identifying which quality standards are relevant to the project and how to satisfy them.

Managing Quality

Translating the quality management plan into executable quality activities.

Controlling Quality

Monitoring specific project results to ensure they comply with the relevant quality standards.

Prevention of defects

Selecting proper material and training people in quality.

Functionality

The degree to which a system performs its intended function.

System outputs

The screens and reports the system generates.

Performance

How well a product or service performs the customer’s intended use.

Reliability

The ability of a product or service to perform as expected under normal conditions.

Maintainability

Ease of performing maintenance on a product.

Quality assurance

Activities related to satisfying quality standards for a project.

Lean

Evaluating processes to maximize customer value while minimizing waste.

Benchmarking

Generating ideas for quality improvement by comparing project practices.

Kaizen

Japanese word for improvement or change for the better.

Rework

Action taken to bring rejected items into compliance with product requirements.