Project Glossary


Letter	From	To

A	ABC	Action
	Action Item	Actual and Scheduled Progress
	Actual Cost	Alignment
	Alliance	Approved Project Requirements
	APR	Attrition
	Audit	Award Letter

B	BAC	Baseline, business
	Baseline, cost estimate	Bidding Strategy
	Bill	Budget Estimate
	Budget Presentation	Bypassing

C	C/SCSC	Cash Flow Analysis
	Cash Flow Management	change request (CR)
	Changed Conditions	Collective
	Combative	Complete
	Completed Activity	Concluding
	Conclusions	Confrontation
	Consensus	Contingency Allowance
	Contingency Budget Procedure	Contract Package
	Contract Performance Control	Control Gate
	Control Point	Cost Applications
	Cost Avoidance	Cost of Quality
	Cost Overrun	CPFF
	CPI	Critical Path Method
	Critical Path Network	Cycle Time

D	Dangle	Definition
	Definition Phase	Descriptive
	Design	Developing Country
	Development	Distributed
	Distribution List	Dynamic Baseline Model©

E	EAC	Education, in project management
	EF	Enterprise Resource Planning
	Enterprise Resource Planning Systems	Estimate Class C
	Estimate Class D	Exceptions
	Exchange Rate	Extra Works

F	f	Final Completion
	Final Contract Review	Float
	Float Trend Charts	Free Riding
	Free Slack	Fuzzy Front End

G	G&A	Guideline

H	Hammock	Hypothesis

I	IAW	Incremental
	Incremental Development	Infrastructure
	In-House	Integrated Product Development Team
	Integrated Program Management	Interpret
	Interpretation	iteration

J	Job	Just-In-Time

K	Key	KSI

L	Labor	Lead Duration
	Lead Time	LFD
	Liabilities	Logic
	Logic Diagram	Lump Sum

M	Macro Environment	Managerial Reserves
	Managing	Mathematical Programming
	Matrix Management	Milestone
	Milestone Dictionary	Monte Carlo Simulation
	Monthly Status Review	Must Start

N	N/A	Non-Conformance
	Nonconformity	NTE

O	O&M	Optimistic Duration
	Optimistic Time	Ownership of Quality Responsibility

P	Package	Percentage Complete
	Percentage Completion	Phasing
	Philosophy	POC
	Point of Contact	Precedence Diagramming Method
	Precedence Network	Proactive Management
	Probabilistic Dependencies	Procurement Ranking
	Procurement Relationship with CWBS	Professional
	Professional Associations	Programme Director
	Programme Directorate	Project
	Project Accountant	Project Control
	Project Control Cycle	Project Hand Over
	Project Implementation Plan	Project Management Office
	Project Management Plan	Project Plan Development
	Project Plan Execution	Project Stakeholder
	Project Stakeholders	Prospectus
	Protection	PVWS

Q	QA	Quality Function Deployment
	Quality Grade	Quick Reaction Capability

R	RAM	Rejected
	Rejection Number	Requirements
	Requirements Definition	Resource Level
	Resource Leveling	Restructuring
	Resubmitted Lot	Risk Identification
	Risk Management	Runaway Project

S	S Curve	Schedule Variance
	Schedule Work Unit	Scope of Work
	Scope Performance/Quality	Service and Support Personnel
	Service Contract	Smoothing
	Social	Spending Plan
	Spending Plan Adjustments Form	Stakeholders
	Stand Alone	Stop Work Order
	Storage Quality Control	Success, project
	Successful Project	System Analysis
	System Analysis and Design	Systems Scope Description

T	T&M	Team Leader
	Team Leadership	Tender Document
	Tendering	Time Line
	Time Management	ToR
	Total Allocated Budget	Turnkey

U	UB	Utilization

V	VAC	Volume

W	Wage	Work Effort
	Work Flow	Written

Z	Zero Based Budgeting	Zero Float


Copyright Wideman Comparative Glossary of Common Project Management Terms v2.1 is copyright by R. Max Wideman, May, 2001.

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