Project Management Glossary Flashcards

Flashcards of vocabulary terms and definitions for project management.

Acceptance Criteria

A set of conditions that is required to be met before deliverables are accepted.

Accuracy

Within the quality management system, accuracy is an assessment of correctness.

Activity List

A documented tabulation of schedule activities that shows the activity description, activity identifier, and a sufficiently detailed scope of work description so project team members.

Actual Cost (AC)

The realized cost incurred for the work performed on an activity during a specific time period.

Adaptive Approach

A development approach in which the requirements are subject to a high level of uncertainty and volatility and are likely to change throughout the project.

Affinity Diagram

A diagram that shows large numbers of ideas classified into groups for review and analysis.

Affinity Grouping

The process of classifying items into similar categories or collections on the basis of their likeness.

Agile

A term used to describe a mindset of values and principles as set forth in the Agile Manifesto.

Alternatives Analysis

A method used to evaluate identified options in order to select the options or approaches to use to perform the work of the project.

Ambiguity

A state of being unclear, having difficulty in identifying the cause of events, or having multiple options from which to choose.

Analogous Estimating

A method for estimating the duration or cost of an activity or a project using historical data from a similar activity or project.

Artifact

A template, document, output, or project deliverable.

Assumption

A factor in the planning process that is considered to be true, real, or certain, without proof or demonstration.

Assumption and Constraint Analysis

An assessment that ensures assumptions and constraints are integrated into the project plans and documents, and that there is consistency among them.

Assumption Log

A project document used to record all assumptions and constraints throughout the project.

Authority

The right to apply project resources, expend funds, make decisions, or give approvals.

Backlog

An ordered list of work to be done.

Backlog Refinement

Progressive elaboration of the content in the backlog and (re)prioritization of it to identify the work that can be accomplished in an upcoming iteration.

Baseline

The approved version of a work product, used as a basis for comparison to actual results.