Project Management Glossary Of Terms – F

Fabrication

FAC

Facilitating

Facilitator

Facilities/Product Life Cycle

Facility

Factor

Failure

Fair and Reasonable Cost

Fallback Plan

Fallback Position

Fast Track

Fast Tracking

Fault

Feasibility

Feasibility Budget

Feasibility Phase

Feasibility Report

Feasibility Study

Feasible Project Alternatives

Feasible Schedule

Feature

Fee

Feedback

FF

FFP

Field

Field Clarification

Field Cost

Field Inspection

Field/Project Office Overhead

FIFO

File

File Transfer

File Transfer Protocol (“FTP”)

Filter

Final Completion

Final Contract Review

Final Design

Final Objectives

Final Payment

Final Report

Finance

Financial

Financial Administration

Financial Analysis

Financial Closeout

Financial Control

Financial Management

Financial Ratios

Financial Sourcing

Financial Viability

Financing

Findings

Finish

Finish Date

Finish Float

Finish to Finish

Finish to Finish Lag

Finish to Start

Finish to Finish Lag

Finish to Start

Finish to Start Lag

Finishing Activity

Firewall

Firm Fixed Price Contract (“FFP”)

Firmware

First In, First Out (“FIFO”)

Fiscal Year

Fixed Cost

Fixed Costs

Fixed Date

Fixed Fee

Fixed Finish

Fixed Price

Fixed Price Contract (“FP”)

Fixed Price Contracts

Fixed Price Incentive Fee Contract (“FPIF”)

Fixed Start

Fixed-Duration Scheduling

Flexibility

Flexible

Float

Float Trend Charts

Floating Task

Flow Chart

Flow Diagram

FM

Follow-on Work

Folly

Force Account

Forced Analysis

Forcing

Forecast

Forecast At Completion (“FAC”)

Forecast Final Cost

Forecast Remaining Work

Forecast Report

Forecast To Complete

Forecast to Completion (“FTC”)

Forecasting

Foreign

Form of Organization

Form, Fit and Function Data

Formal

Formal Authority

Formal Bid

Formal Qualification Review

Formal Reprogramming

Formative Quality Evaluation

Forming

Formulation

Forward Pass

Fragnet

FP

FPPIF

Fractal

Framework

Free Float (“FF”)

Free Riding

Free Slack

Freight

Frequency

Frequency of Measure

Front End

Front Loading

FTC

FTP

Full and Open Competition

Full Operational Capability

Full Time

Function

Function Point Analysis

Function Points

Function, project management

Functional Analysis

Functional Configuration Audit

Functional Department Manager

Functional Line Manager

Functional Management

Functional Manager

Functional Matrix

Functional Organization

Functional Personnel

Functional Plan, administrative

Functional Plan, architectural

Functional Program

Functional Project Leader

Functional Requirements

Functional Responsibility

Resource Competency

Resource Usage

Functional Specification

Functionality

Function-Quality Integration

Funding

Funding Profile

FURPS

Future Value

Fuzzy Front End