Wideman Comparative Glossary of Project Management Terms v4.2

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Glossary Notes
• We use US spelling - e.g. "program" = "programme"
• The list below shows the range of definitions on each page;
select the range containing your definition!


Letter	From	To

A	ABC	Acquisition
	Acquisition Control	Activity Duration
	Activity Duration Estimating	Adjustment
	ADM	Analysis
	Analysis and Design	Architecture
	Architecture, executable	Attribute
	Attrition	Award Letter

B	BAC	Baseline Management
	Baseline Plan	Beta Distribution
	Beta Test	Brainstorming
	Branching Logic	Build
	Build, Own, Operate, Transfer	Bypassing

C	C/SCSC	CASE (2)
	Cash	Change Log
	Change Management	Closed Projects
	Closeout	Communicating with Groups
	Communicating with Individuals	Complex
	Component	Concurrency
	Concurrent	Conflict
	Conflict Management	Contending, in negotiating
	Content	Contract Change Order
	Contract Closeout	Contractor Evaluation
	Contractor Furnished Equipment	Corporate Constraints
	Corporate Data Bank	Cost Check
	Cost Classes	Cost Performance Index
	Cost Performance Indicator	CPM
	CPN	Critical Path Method
	Critical Path Network	Cycle Time

D	Daily Log	Decomposition
	Default	Demonstrated Past Experience
	Demonstration	Design Management Plan
	Design Model	Deviation
	Deviation Permit	Document
	Document Control	Dynamic Classification

E	EAC	Economic Value
	Economic Value Added	End Event (of a project)
	End Item	Error
	Error Probability	Estimating Factor
	Estimator's Allowance	Excusable Non-Compensable Delays
	Executable Architecture	Extra Works

F	f	Feedback
	Feeder Chains	Firm Fixed Price Contract
	Firmware	Forecast Final Cost
	Forecast Remaining Work	FTP
	Full and Open Competition	Fuzzy Front End

G	G&A	Governance Council
	Governance Model	Guideline

H	Hammock	Hypothesis

I	I/T	Incentive Schemes
	Inception	Information Distribution
	Information Flow	Inspection Requirements
	Inspection System Requirement	Interest-During-Construction
	Interested Party	Investment
	Investment Cost	Iteration

J	JAD	Just In Time

K	Key	KSI

L	Labor	Lead
	Lead Contractor	Level of Effort
	Level Start Schedule	Liquidated Damages
	Listening	Lump Sum

M	Macro Environment	Management Styles
	Management System	Master Project Schedule
	Master Schedule	Measuring and Test Equipment
	Mechanics Lien	Military Time
	MIME	Monte Carlo Method
	Monte Carlo Simulation	Must Start

N	N/A	Node
	Non-Conformance	NTE

O	O&M	Operations Acceptance Review
	Operations and Maintenance	Organizational Style
	Orientation	Ownership of Quality Responsibility

P	P3s	PDM
	PDM Finish to Finish Relationship	Personnel
	Personnel Development	Planned Value
	Planned Value for Work Accomplished	Portfolio
	Portfolio Management	Predecessor Activity
	Predecessor Task	Pro forma
	Proactive	Processor
	Procurement	Product Description
	Product Experts	Program
	Program Analyst	Program Planning
	Program Schedule	Project
	Project Accountant	Project Charter
	Project Closeout	Project Environment
	Project Evaluation	Project Management
	Project Management Body of Knowledge	Project Mission Statement
	Project Monitoring	Project Pre-Selection Meetings
	Project Priorities	Project Sponsor
	Project Stage	Project-Based Management
	Projectized	PVWS

Q	QA	Quality Criteria
	Quality Evaluation Methods	Quotation

R	RAM	Refinement, Schedule Refinement
	Regression Analysis	Request for Change
	Request for Information	Resource Aggregation
	Resource Allocation	Resource Set
	Resource Smoothing	RF
	RFA	Risk Identification
	Risk Log	Risk Response System
	Risk Review	Runaway Project

S	S Curve	Schedule Status
	Schedule Template	Scope Criteria
	Scope Definition	Selection
	Self Directed Work Teams	Simultaneous Engineering/Design
	Single Sourcing	Sole Sourcing
	Solicitation	Sponsor
	Sponsoring Group	Standard
	Standard Construction Technologies	Statusing
	Steering Committee	Subproject
	Subproject Work Breakdown	Support
	Support Services	Systems Scope Description

T	T&M	Team Decision Making
	Team Development	Technique
	Technological	Throughput
	Tied Activities	Time-Scaled Logic Drawing
	Time-Scaled Network Diagram	Trade-Off
	Trades	Type

U	UB	Utilization

V	VAC	Variation Order
	VE	Volume

W	Wage	Work Breakdown Structure
	Work Breakdown Structure Component	WYSIWYG

Y	Yield	Yield

Z	Zero Based Budgeting	Zero Float

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Sources and References | About the Author