Project Management Glossary Of Terms – M

Macro Environment

Macro Environment Variables

Main Plan

Main Process

Maintainability

Maintenance

Maintenance Quality Assurance

Major Defect

Major Defective

Major Facility Project

Make-or-Buy

Make-or-Buy Decision

Management

Management by Exception

Management by Methods (“MBM”)

Management by Objectives (“MBO”)

Management by Politics (“MBP”)

Management by Project

Management by Projects

Management by Rules (“MBR”)

Management by Threshold

Management by Values (“MBV”)

Management by Walking Around (“MBWA”)

Management Committee

Management Control Point

Management Development

Management Fundamentals

Management Information Center

Management Information System

Management Plan

Management Reserve (“MR”)

Management Structure

Management Styles

Management System

Management Time

Manager

Manager Interfaces

Manager of Project Management

Managerial Quality Administration

Managerial Reserves

Managing

Managing by Projects

Managing Change

Managing Organizations by Projects (“MOBP”)

Managing Scope

Mandatory

Man-Hour/Month/Year (“M-H/M/Y”)

Manpower

Manpower Analysis

Manpower Planning

Manpower Projection

Manual

Manuals

Manufacturing

Margin

Marginal Costing

Market

Market Analyst

Market Capitalization

Market Price

Market Research

Market Share

Market Survey

Market Value Added

Markup

Master

Master Builder

Master Network

Master Plan

Master Project Schedule

Master Schedule

Master Time Schedule

Material

Material Difference

Material Handling

Material Requirements Planning (“MRP”)

Material Resource Plan

Material Review Board

Materials Control

Mathematical Analysis

Mathematical Programming

Matrix Management

Matrix Organization

Matrix Responsibilities

Matrix Responsibility Chart

Matrix, in management

Maturity

Maturity Level

Maturity Model

Maximum Price

MBM

MBO

MBP

MBR

MBV

MBWA

Mean Time Between Failures (“MTBF”)

Measurable

Measure

Measure of Effectiveness

Measurement

Measures

Measuring and Test Equipment

Medium Term

Meeting

Memorandum of Agreement (“MOA”)

Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”)

Merge Node

Merit Rating

Messaging

Method

Method Study

Methodology

Methods Study

Metrics

M-H/M/Y

Micro Environment

Micro Procurement Environment

Micro-Management

Micro-Managing

Micro-Scheduling

Mid-Stage Assessment (“MSA”)

Milestone

Milestone Dictionary

Milestone Payments

Milestone Plan

Milestone Schedule

Milestones for Control

Milestones, for progress measurement

Military Time

MIME

Minor Defect

Minute Taking

MIS

MIS Quality Requirements

Misrepresentation

Mission

MEMOPT

Mitigation

Mitigation of Damages

Mitigation of Risk

Mixed Organization

MOA

Mobilization

MOBP

Mock-up

Model

Modeling

Modeling Conventions

Modeling Time

Modern Project Management (“MPM”)

Modification

Modification Procedure

Module

Monitoring

Monitoring Actuals versus Budget

Monte Carlo Analysis

Monte Carlo Method

Monte Carlo Simulation

Monthly Status Review

Morale

Most Likely Time

Most Likely Value

Motivating

Motivation

Motivators

Motives

MOU

Moving Average Cost

MPM

MR

MRP

MSA

MTBF

Multi-Disciplined

Multi-Financial Sources

Multi-functional Project Teams

Multi-Level Reporting

Multi-Project

Multi-Project Analysis

Multi-Project Management

Multi-project Scheduling

Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension (“MIME”)

Multi-User

Multi-Year Contract

Multi-Year Procurement

Must Finish

Must Start