Project Management Glossary Of Terms – S

S Curve

S Curve Tracking

SA-CMM

Safety

Safety Plan

Salary Administration

Sales

Salvage

Sample

Sample Plan, Multiple

Sample Size

Sample Unit

Sample, Representative

Sampling

Sampling Frequency (“f”)

Sampling Plan

Sampling Plan, double

Sampling Plan, multi-level

Sampling Plan, sequential

Sampling Plan, single

Sampling Plan, single-level

Sampling, biased

SAR

Satisfaction

SC

Scanning

Scenario

Scenario Planning

Schedule

Schedule Analysis

Schedule Compression

Schedule Control

Schedule Dates

Schedule Development

Schedule Management

Schedule Performance Index (“SPI”)

Schedule Refinement

Schedule Revision

Schedule Risk

Schedule Status

Schedule Update

Schedule Variance (“SV”)

Schedule Work Unit

Scheduled Cost (“SC”)

Scheduled Cost of Work

Scheduled Finish (“SF”)

Scheduled Finish Date (“SF”)

Scheduled Network

Scheduled Performance Indicator (“SPI”)

Scheduled Performance Ratio (“SPR”)

Scheduled Start (“SS”)

Scheduled Start Date (“SSD”)

Scheduling

Scheduling Techniques

Scientific Wild Anatomical Guess (“SWAG”)

Scope

Scope Allowance

Scope Baseline

Scope Baseline Approval

Scope Boundaries

Scope Change

Scope Change Control

Scope Changes

Scope Constraints

Scope Cost

Scope Creep

Scope Criteria

Scope Definition

Scope Description

Scope Interfaces

Scope Management

Scope of Work

Scope Performance/Quality

Scope Quality

Scope Reporting

Scope Risk

Scope Risk Limits

Scope Schedule

Scope Statement

Scope Verification

Score

Scoring a Project’s Contribution

Scoring Plan

SCR

Scrap

Screening

Screening Inspection

SDL

SDR

SDWT

Sealed Bidding

Second Source

Secondary Float (“SF”)

Secondary Risk

Secondary Risks

Secondment Matrix

Sector

Sectors

Security

Security Acceptance Letter

Security Plan

Segment

Selection

Self Directed Work Teams (“SDWT”)

Self-Inspection

Self-Insurance

Seller

Seller’s Market

Selling

Semantics

Semi-Time-Scaled Logic Drawing

Senior Technical

Senior User

Sensitivity

Sensitivity Analysis

Sequence

Service and Support Personnel

Service Contract

Service Liability

Services

Setup

SF

Shall

Shareholders

Shipment

Shop Drawings

Shop Inspection

Short Term

Short Term Plan

Short Term Schedule

Should-Cost Estimate

Should-cost Estimate

Show Stopper

Sign-Off

Simulation

Simultaneous Engineering/Design

Site

Site Instruction

Site Layout

Site Preparation

Site Works

Situation Analysis

Situation Planning

Situational

Sizing Estimate

Skill

Skill Groups

Skills

Skunk Works

Slack

Slack Time

Slip Chart

Slippage

SLVAR

Smoothing

Social

Social Factors

Social Loafing

Socioeconomic

Soft Project

Soft Skills

Software

Software Architecture

Software Development

Software Development Library (“SDL”)

Software Development Plan

Software Engineering

Software Product Specification

Software Project

Software Quality Assurance

Software Specification Review

Sole Source

Sole Sourcing

Solicitation

Solicitation Package

Solicitation Planning

Solution Selection

Solving

Source

Source Code

Source List

Source Selection

Source Selection, in procurement

Sourcing

SOW

Span Activity

Special Conditions

Special Requirements

Specialist

Specific

Specification

Specification Change Notice

Specification Control

Specify

Speed Reading

Spending Estimate

Spending Forecast

Spending Limit

Spending Plan

Spending Plan Adjustments Form

Spent Cost

Spiral

Split

Split Task

Splittable Activity

Splitting

Sponsor

SPR

SRR

SS

SSD

Stability

Stabilization

Staff

Staff Acquisition

Staff Personnel

Staffing

Staffing Effort

Staffing Effort Limit

Stage

Stage Assessment

Stage File

Stage Manager

Stage Payment

Stage Resource Plan

Stage Teams

Stage Technical Plan

Stakeholder

Stakeholder Expectations

Stakeholder Need

Stakeholder Request

Stakeholder Requirements

Stakeholder Satisfaction

Stakeholders

Stand Alone

Standard

Standard Construction Technologies

Standard Cost

Standard Costing

Standard Definitions

Standard Deviation

Standard Operating Procedure

Standard Procedure

Standard Project Cost Accounting

Standard Proposal Schedule

Standard Time

Standards

Start Event of a Project

Start Float

Start to Finish

Start to Start

Start to Start Lag

Starting Activity

Startup

Startup Team Leader

State Machine

State of the Art

Statement of Work

Statement of Work (“SOW”)

Static Artifact

Statistical Project Stock Control

Statistical Quality Control

Statistics

Status

Status Date

Status Report

Status Review

Status System

Statusing

Steering Committee

Steering Group

Step

Stochastic Model

Stop Work Order

Storage Quality Control

Storming

Strategic Dissonance

Strategic Framework

Strategic Plan

Strategic Projects

Strategic Risk

Strategic Systems Plan

Strategy

Strategy Management Plan

Strawman

Stretching

Structure

Study

Style

Subassembly

Subcontract

Subcontract Administrator

Subcontract Plan

Subcontractor

Sub-Critical Activity

Subnet

Subnetwork

Sub-Network

Sub-Optimization

Subproject

Subproject Work Breakdown

Subsequent Application Review (“SAR”)

Substantial Completion

Substantial Performance

Subsystem

Subtier Contractor

Success Criteria

Success Factors

Success, project

Successful Project

Successor

Successor Activity

Successor Task

Successor Work Item

Summary Level Variance Analysis Reporting (“SLVAR”)

Summary Schedule

Summary Task

Summative Quality Evaluation

Sunk Costs

Super-Critical Activity

Supervision

Supervisor

Supplemental Agreement

Supplementary Agreement

Supplementary Conditions

Supplementary Information

Supplier

Supplier Default

Supplier Expediting

Supplier Ranking

Supplies

Supply

Supply Chain

Support

Support Services

Support Team

Surplus/Deficit

Surprise

Surveillance

Survey

Survey, Product Oriented

Suspension of Work

SV

SWAG

SWOT Analysis

Synergy

Synthesis

System

System Acceptance

System Acceptance Letter

System Analysis

System Analysis and Design

System Architecture Development

System Concept Review (“SCR”)

System Decomposition

System Deployment Procedures

System Design Review (“SDR”)

System Development

System Development Project

System Engineer

System Hierarchical Structure

System Integration

System Integration and Testing

System Integration Plan

System Library

System O&M Project

System Performance Report

System Requirement

System Requirements Document

System Requirements Review (“SRR”)

System Specification

System Test Plan

System User

System Validation

System Validation Procedures

System Verification

System Verification Procedures

Systems Administration

Systems Analysis

Systems Analyst

Systems and Procedures

Systems Approach

Systems Architect

Systems Documentation

Systems Management

Systems Programmer

Systems Scope Description