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Agile (23 terms)
Acceptance Criteria AC
Agile
Backlog Refinement
Burnup Chart
Continuous Deployment CD
Continuous Integration CI
Cumulative Flow Diagram CFD
Definition of Done DoD
Epic
Increment
Kanban Board
Minimum Viable Product MVP
Pair Programming
Planning Poker
Product Backlog
Product Owner PO
Retrospective Action
Scrum
Scrum Master SM
Spike
Sprint Backlog
Sprint Goal
Sprint Planning
Sprint Retrospective
Sprint Review
Technical Debt
Time Box
User Story
Velocity Chart
Work in Progress WIP
Closure (12 terms)
Communication (12 terms)
Execution (25 terms)
Acquire Resources
Action Item
Blocker
Bottleneck
Burndown Chart
Collaboration
Coordination
Cutover
Daily Standup
Develop Team
Direct and Manage Project Work
Go-Live
Kickoff Meeting
Perform Integrated Change Control
Pilot
Proof of Concept POC
Prototype
Resource Allocation
Rollout
Sprint
Story Points
Task
Team Building
Velocity
War Room
Finance (20 terms)
Budget
Budget at Completion BAC
Burn Rate
Contingency Reserve
Cost
Cost Aggregation
Cost Plus
Cost-Benefit Analysis CBA
Estimate at Completion EAC
Estimate to Complete ETC
Fixed Price FP
Funding Limit Reconciliation
Internal Rate of Return IRR
Life Cycle Costing LCC
Management Reserve
Net Present Value NPV
Opportunity Cost
Payback Period
Return on Investment ROI
Sunk Cost
Time and Materials T&M
Variance at Completion VAC
Fundamentals (35 terms)
Artifact
Assumption Log
Authorization
Benefit
Business Case
Deliverable
End User
Feasibility Study
Impact
Initiation
Lessons Learned Register
Milestone
Objective
Operations
Outcome
Output
Portfolio
Program
Project
Project Complexity
Project Governance
Project Life Cycle PLC
Project Management PM
Project Management Office PMO
Project Manager PM
Project Office PO
Project Phases
Project Priority
Scope
Sponsor
Stakeholder
Steering Committee
Success Criteria
Triple Constraint
Value
Integration (8 terms)
Monitoring (30 terms)
Actual Cost AC
Baseline Creep
Change Control
Change Control Board CCB
Change Request CR
Corrective Action
Cost Performance Index CPI
Cost Variance CV
Dashboard
Defect Repair
Earned Value EV
Earned Value Management EVM
Forecasting
Key Performance Indicator KPI
Metrics
Performance Review
Planned Value PV
Preventive Action
Red-Amber-Green RAG
Reporting
Schedule Performance Index SPI
Schedule Variance SV
Slippage
Status Report
Threshold
Tolerance
Tracking
Trend Analysis
Variance
Variance Analysis
Planning (40 terms)
Activity
Analogous Estimating
Assumption
Baseline
Bottom-Up Estimating
Constraint
Cost Baseline
Crashing
Critical Path CP
Critical Path Method CPM
Decomposition
Dependencies
Fast Tracking
Float
Gantt Chart
Go/No-Go Decision
Lag Time
Lead Time
Network Diagram
Parametric Estimating
Performance Measurement Baseline PMB
Phase Gate
Predecessor
Progressive Elaboration
Project Charter
Requirements
Reserve Analysis
Resource Leveling
Resource Smoothing
Rolling Wave Planning
Schedule
Schedule Baseline
Scope Baseline
Scope Creep
Scope Statement
Successor
Technical Specification Tech Spec
Three-Point Estimating
Work Breakdown Structure WBS
Work Package WP
Procurement (10 terms)
Quality (18 terms)
Code Review
Continuous Improvement CI
Defect
Gold Plating
Inspection
Peer Review
Performance Testing
Quality
Quality Assurance QA
Quality Audit
Quality Control QC
Quality Management Plan
Regression Testing
Root Cause Analysis RCA
Test Plan
Testing
User Acceptance Testing UAT
Validation
Verification
Walkthrough
Resources (20 terms)
Burnout
Bus Factor
Capacity Planning
Co-location
Conflict Resolution
Emotional Intelligence EQ
Functional Organization
Ground Rules
Matrix Organization
Project Team
Projectized Organization
RACI Matrix
Resource
Resource Histogram
Responsibility Assignment Matrix RAM
Servant Leadership
Staffing Management Plan
Subject Matter Expert SME
Team Charter
Tuckman Model
Virtual Team
Risk (26 terms)
Contingency Plan
Escalation
Impact
Issue
Issue Log
Mitigation
Opportunity
Probability
Qualitative Risk Analysis
Quantitative Risk Analysis
RAID Log
Residual Risk
Risk
Risk Acceptance
Risk Appetite
Risk Avoidance
Risk Identification
Risk Management
Risk Owner
Risk Register
Risk Response
Risk Transfer
Secondary Risk
Threat
Workaround