Project Management Glossary Of Terms – C

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”)

Capability Survey

Capital

Capital Appropriation

Capital Appropriation Request (“CAR”)

Capital Asset

Capital Cost

Capital Employed

Capital Expansion Projects

Capital Goods Project

Capital Property

CAR

Career

Career Path Planning

Career Planning

Carryover Type

Cascade Chart

CASE

Cash

Cash Flow

Cash Flow Analysis

Cash Flow Management

Cash Flow, Net

Cash In

Cash Out

Catalyst

Catch-up Alternatives

Causation

Cause

CBD

CBS

CCB

CCDR

CDR

Central Processing Unit (“CPU”)

Centralized

Certain

Certainty

Certificate of Conformance

Certification

Chain

Challenge

Champion

Change

Change Control

Change Control Board (CCB)

Change Documentation

Change in Scope

Change Log

Change Management

Change Management Plan

Change Notice

Change Order

Change Order/Purchase Order Amendment

Change Request

Changed Conditions

Characteristic

Chart

Chart of Accounts

Chart Room

Charter

Checking

Checklist

Checkpoint

Checkpoints

Chief Executive Officer

Child

Child Activity

CI

Claim

Clarification

Class

Classes

Classification

Classification of Defects

Clearance Number

Client

Client Environment

Client Quality Services

Closed Projects

Closeout

Closeout Report

Closeout, phase

Closing

Closure

CM

CMM

Coaching

Code

Code and Unit Test

Code of Accounts

Coding

Collaboration

Collapsing

Collective

Combative

Commercial

Commercial Item Description

Commission and Handover

Commissioning

Commissions and Bonuses

Commit

Commitment

Commitment Document

Commitment Estimate

Commitment Package

Commitment to Objectives

Committed Cost

Committed Costs

Common Carrier

Communicating With Groups

Communicating With Individuals

Communication

Communication Channels

Communication Plan, Strategic

Communication Plan, Tactical

Communication Room

Communications Management

Communications Plan

Communications Planning

Community

Company

Comparison

Compatibility

Compensation

Compensation and Evaluation

Competence

Competency

Competition

Competitive

Compile

Compile Time

Complete

Completed Activity

Completed Units

Completion

Completion Date

Complex

Component

Component Integration and Test

Component-Based Development (“CBD”)

Components

Compound Risk

Compromise

Compromising, in negotiating

Computer

Computer Aided Design (“CAD”)

Computer Aided Drafting (“CAD”)

Computer Aided Manufacturing (“CAM”)

Computer Aided Software Engineering (“CASE (1)”)

Computer Aided System Engineering (“CASE (2)”)

Computer Cost Applications

Computer Hardware

Computer Modeling

Computer Program Configuration Item

Computer Software

Computer Software Component

Computer Software Configuration Item (“CSCI”)

Computer Software Documentation

Computer Software Unit

Computer-Aided

Computerized Information Storage, Reference and Retrieval

Concept

Concept Definition Document

Concept Phase

Concept Study

Conception Phase

Conceptual

Conceptual Budgeting

Conceptual Design

Conceptual Development

Conceptual Project Planning

Concession

Concession Making, in negotiating

Conciliatory

Concluding

Conclusions

Concurrency

Concurrent

Concurrent Delays

Concurrent Engineering

Concurrent Tasks

Conditional Risk

Conditions

Conducting

Confidence Level

Configuration

Configuration Audit

Configuration Breakdown

Configuration Control

Configuration Control Board

Configuration Identification

Configuration Item (“CI”)

Configuration Item Acceptance Review

Configuration Item Verification

Configuration Item Verification Procedures

Configuration Management

Configuration Management Board

Configuration Relationships

Configuration Status Accounting

Conflict

Conflict Management

Conflict Resolution

Conformance to Requirements

Confrontation

Consensus

Consensus Decision Process

Consent

Consequences

Consideration

Considerations

Consistency

Consolidate

Consortium

Constituents

Constraint

Constraint, project constraint

Constraints

Constructability

Construction

Construction Contractor

Construction Cost

Construction Management (“CM”)

Construction Manager

Construction Stage

Construction Work

Construction-Oriented

Constructive Challenge

Constructive Change

Consultant

Consulting

Consumable Resource

Consumables

Contemplated Change Notice

Contingencies

Contending, in negotiating

Content

Content Type

Context

Contingency Allowance

Contingency Budget Procedure

Contingency Plan

Contingency Planning

Contingency Reserve

Continuous

Continuous Improvement

Continuous Reporting

Contract

Contract Administration

Contract Administrator

Contract Awar

Contract Award Ranking

Contract Breakdown

Contract Budget Base

Contract Change

Contract Change Notice

Contract Change Order

Contract Close-out

Contract Completion Date

Contract Dates

Contract Dispute

Contract Document System

Contract Documentation

Contract Documents

Contract Elements

Contract Financial Control

Contract Form

Contract Funds Status Report

Contract Guarantee

Contract Integrity

Contract Law

Contract Line Item Numbers

Contract Manager

Contract Negotiation

Contract Negotiations

Contract Order Modifications

Contract Package

Contract Performance Control

Contract Plan

Contract Pre-award Meetings

Contract Quality Requirements

Contract Requirements

Contract Risk

Contract Risk Analysis

Contract Signing

Contract Strategy

Contract Target Cost (“CTC”)

Contract Target Price (“CTP”)

Contract Terms and Conditions

Contract Type

Contract Types

Contract Work Breakdown Structure (“CWBS”)

Contract/Procurement Management

Contracting

Contractor

Contractor Claims Release

Contractor Cost Data Report (“CCDR”)

Contractor Evaluation

Contractor Furnished Equipment

Contractor Project Office

Contractor Short Listing

Contractor’s Performance Evaluation

Contractual

Contractual Conditions

Contractual/Legal Requirements

Contributed Value

Contribution Analysis

Control

Control Account Manager (“CAM”)

Control Account Plan(CAP)

Control and Coordination

Control Chart

Control Cycle

Control Gate

Control Loop

Control Point

Control Requirements

Control System

Control Theory

Controllable Risks

Controlling

Controlling Relationship

Coordinated Matrix

Coordination

Coordinator

Corporate

Corporate Administration and Finance

Corporate Budget.

Corporate Business Life Cycle

Corporate Constraints

Corporate Data Bank

Corporate Management

Corporate Memory

Corporate Philosophy

Corporate Planning

Corporate Project Management

Corporate Project Strategy

Corporate Quality Standards

Corporate Resources

Corporate Responsibility Matrix

Corporate Standards

Corporate Supervision

Corporation

Correction

Corrective Action

Correlation

Cost

Cost Account

Cost Account Breakdown

Cost Account Manager (“CAM”)

Cost Account Plan (“CAP”)

Cost Accumulation Methods

Cost Analysis

Cost Applications

Cost Avoidance

Cost Baseline

Cost Benefit

Cost Benefit Analysis

Cost Breakdown Structure

Cost Budgeting

Cost Ceiling

Cost Ceiling Bracket

Cost Center

Cost Check

Cost Classes

Cost Code

Cost Codes

Cost Control

Cost Control Point

Cost Control System

Cost Curve

Cost Distribution

Cost Effective

Cost Element

Cost Engineering

Cost Envelope

Cost Estimate

Cost Estimate Classification System

Cost Estimating

Cost Estimating Relationship

Cost Forecas

Cost Forecasting

Cost Growth

Cost Incurred

Cost Index

Cost Indices

Cost Input

Cost Management

Cost Model

Cost of Money

Cost of Quality

Cost Overrun

Cost Performance Baseline

Cost Performance Index (“CPI”)

Cost Performance Indicator (“CPI”)

Cost Performance Measurement Baseline

Cost Performance Ratio (“CPR”)

Cost Performance Report (“CPR”)

Cost Plan

Cost Plus

Cost Plus Fixed Fee Contract (“CPFF”)

Cost Plus Incentive Fee Contract (“CPIFC”)

Cost Plus Percentage of Cost Contract (“CPPC”)

Cost Plus Incentive Fee Contract (“CPIF”)

Cost Reimbursable Contract

Cost Reimbursement

Cost Reimbursement Type Contracts

Cost Reviews

Cost Savings

Cost Sharing Contract

Cost Status

Cost to Complete

Cost to Complete Forecast

Cost Types

Cost Variance (“CV”)

Cost/Benefit

Cost/Schedule Control System Criteria (“C/SCSC”)

Cost/Schedule Status Report (“C/SSR”)

Cost-Benefit Analysis

Costed Work Breakdown Structure

Cost-Effectiveness

Costing

Costing Systems

Cost-Time Resource Sheet (“CTR”)

Counseling

Countermeasures

CPFF

CPI

CPIF

CPIFC

CPM

CPN

CPPC

CPR

CPU

CR

Craft

Crash Costs

Crash Duration

Crashing

Creativity

Credit

Credited Resource

Crisis

Criteria

Criterion

Critical

Critical Activity

Critical Chain

Critical Defect

Critical Defective

Critical Design Review

Critical Event

Critical Factors

Critical Path

Critical Path Analysis

Critical Path Method (“CPM”)

Critical Path Network (“CPN”)

Critical Performance Indicator

Critical Ratio

Critical Sequence

Critical Sequence Analysis

Critical Subcontractor

Critical Success Factors (“CSF”)

Critical Task

Critical Work Item

Criticality Index

Cross Organizational

Cross References

Cross-Stage Plan

CSCI

CSF

CTC

CTP

CTR

Culture

Culture, organizational

Cumulative Cost-to-Date

Cumulative S Curve

Currency Conversion

Current Budget

Current Date Line

Current Finish Date

Current FY Budget Allocation

Current Start Date

Current Status

Current Year

Custom Duty and Tax

Customer

Customer Acceptance Criteria

Customer Furnished Equipment

Customer Perspective

Customer/Client Personnel

Cutoff Date

Cutover

CV

CWBS

Cybernetics

Cycle

Cycle Time