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An estimate of income and expenditure for a set period of time.

The first meeting with the project team and the client of the project to discuss the roles and responsibilities, establish project objectives, and build a common understanding.

An iterative approach to delivering a project throughout its life cycle that is characterized by the division of tasks into short phases of work and frequent reassessment and adaptation of plans.

The planned dates for performing tasks and meeting goals that are defined during the project planning phase.

A formal proposal to modify any document, deliverable, or baseline.

A project management technique for measuring project performance and progress in an objective manner.

An assessment of the practicality of a proposed plan or project.

A hierarchical decomposition of the total scope of work to be carried out by the project team to accomplish the project objectives and create the required deliverables.

A method of planning and managing projects that emphasizes the resources required to execute project tasks and takes into account task dependencies and resource constraints.

An approved version of a work product that can be changed only through formal change control procedures and is used as a basis for comparison.

The process of planning, selecting, and managing resources or services from external organizations.

An uncertain event or condition that, if it occurs, has a positive or negative effect on one or more project objectives.

A technique in project management that seeks to minimize fluctuations in resource allocation and smooth out the resource usage by adjusting the start and finish dates of tasks.

A systematic approach to dealing with change, both from the perspective of an organization and the individual.

A significant point or event in a project, program, or portfolio.

A strategic planning technique used to help identify strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats related to project planning.

The application of processes, methods, skills, knowledge, and experience to achieve specific project objectives according to the project acceptance criteria within agreed parameters.

An Agile process framework for managing complex knowledge work, with an initial emphasis on software development, although it has been used in other fields.

A hierarchical representation of resources by category and type.

The sum of all products, services, and results to be delivered through a project.

Program Evaluation Review Technique (PERT) is a statistical tool used to model and analyze the tasks involved in completing a given project, especially the time needed to complete each task, and to identify the minimum time needed to complete the total project.

A project management tool that tracks Risks, Assumptions, Issues, and Dependencies.

The series of phases that a project passes through from its initiation to its closure.

The process of managing the expectations and the level of engagement of individuals, groups, or organizations who can either affect or be affected by the project.

The process of identifying, analyzing, and responding to risk factors throughout the life of a project and in the best interests of its objectives.

The process of planning and controlling the budget of a project or business.

A point or matter in question or in dispute, or a point or matter that is not settled and is under discussion or over which there are opposing views or disagreements.

The process of assigning and scheduling available resources in an efficient and effective manner.

The systematic process of ensuring timely and appropriate generation, collection, distribution, storage, retrieval, and the ultimate disposition of project information.

The centralized management of one or more portfolios to achieve strategic objectives by selecting the right projects, assigning resources, and monitoring the overall performance and value contribution.

A document that formally authorizes the existence of a project and provides the project manager with the authority to apply organizational resources to project activities.

An individual, group, or organization who may affect, be affected by, or perceive itself to be affected by a decision, activity, or outcome of a project.

A bar chart that represents a project schedule displaying the start and finish dates of the elements of a project.

A step-by-step project management technique for process planning that defines critical and non-critical tasks with the goal of preventing timeframe problems and process bottlenecks.

A model that asserts that the quality of work is constrained by the project's budget, deadlines (time), and scope (features), and changing one aspect will impact the others.

An individual or group who provides resources and support for the project, program, or portfolio, and is accountable for enabling success.

Part of the project planning process and a key project document that outlines the project scope, including the work that needs to be completed to deliver a product, service, or result with the specified features and functions.

Any unique and verifiable product, result, or capability to perform a service that must be produced to complete a process, phase, or project.

A group of related projects, subsidiary programs, and program activities managed in a coordinated way to obtain benefits not available from managing them individually.

The act of overseeing all activities and tasks needed to maintain a desired level of excellence.