EAC
Earliest Feasible Date
Earliest Finish
Earliest Finish Time
Earliest Start
Earliest Start Time
Early Dates
Early Finish
Early Finish Date
Early Start
Early Start Date
Early Start Time
Early Warning System
Earned Hours
Earned Value (EV)
Earned Value Analysis
Earned Value Cost Control
Earned Value Management
Earned Value Management System (“EVMS”)
Damages
Dangle
Data
Data Application
Data Bank
Data Collection
Data Date(DD)
Data Entry Clerk
Data Item Description (“DID”)
Data Processing
Data Refinements
Data Structure Organization
Database
C/SCSC
C/SSR
CA
CAD
Calculate Schedule
Calendar File
Calendar Range
Calendar Start Date
Calendar Unit
Calendar, Software
Calibration
CAM
CAP
Capability
Capability Maturity Model (“CMM”) (more…)
BAC
Back Charge
Backward Pass
Bad Debts
Balance
Balanced Matrix
Balanced Scorecard
Balanced Scorecard Approach (“BSA”)
Bank
Banking
Bar Chart
Bargaining
Bargaining Power
Barriers
Abstract Resource
Abstraction
Acceleration
Acceptability Criteria
Acceptable Quality Level (“AQL”)
Acceptance
Approval (of results)
Acceptance Criteria
Acceptance Letters
Acceptance Number
Acceptance Review
Acceptance Test
Acceptance Test Procedure (“ATP”) (more…)
On this page you will find a glossary of project management terms and acronyms that are being used by project managers and not only in the project management domain.
The list was created using various sources including the PMBOK specifications from PMI. A good understanding of these concepts and definitions will increase the chances for project managers to succeed in managing their projects.
This page is a work in progress so any feedback or suggestions are welcomed.
Wage
Waiver
Walk-through
War Room
Warranty
Watch List
Waterfall
Waterfall Model
WBS
WBS Coding
WBS Dictionary
Web Server
Web Site
Weighting
Well Managed Project
Wet and Dry Test Runs
What Market Will Bear
What You See Is What You Get (“WYSIWYG”)
What-If Analysis
What-if Simulation
Whole Life Costing
Whole Product
Win-Win
Withdrawal
Withdrawal, in negotiating
Work
Work Acceptance
Work Authorization
Work Authorization/Release
Work Breakdown
Work Breakdown Code
Work Breakdown Structure (“WBS”)
Work Breakdown Structure Dictionary
Work Breakdown Structure Element
Work Category
Work Definition
Work Effort
Work Flow
Work Guideline
Work Item
Work Load
Work Management
Work Measurement
Work Package (“WP”)
Work Package Budgets
Work Package Leader
Work Packages/Control Point
Work Pattern
Work Plan
Work Products
Work Release
Work Remaining
Work Sampling Study
Work Scope
Work Statements
Work Study
Work Unit
Work Units
Workaround
Workers
Workflow
Working Calendar
Working Capital
Working Drawings
Working Period Flexibility
Workload
Workmanship
Workshops
Workstation
Work-to-Date
Work-to-Go
Worth
WP
Written
WYSIWYG