This document is a project management glossary containing definitions of project management terms in both English and Persian. It was created by Rich Idea Expanse Company (RIECO) to help standardize project management terminology and support professionals working in the industry. RIECO was founded by project management experts in Iran to provide project management consulting, training, and systems implementation based on global standards and best practices. The glossary contains over 200 terms with definitions to help establish a common language and understanding of key project management concepts.
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3. Term
* A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK)
Ability
Acceptability criteria
Acceptable Quality Level(AQL)
Acceptance
Acceptance Number
Accountability
Accountability Matrix
Activity
Activity Definition
* Activity Description (AD)
* Activity Duration Estimating
Activity Network
Activity Sequencing
Activity-on-Arrow (AOA)
Activity-on-Node (AON)
Actual Cost (AC)
* Actual Cost of Work Performed (ACWP)
Actual Finish Date (AF)
Actual Start Date (AS)
Adaptability
Additional Risk Response Planning
Administration
Administrative Closure
* Advanced Material Release (AMR)
Alternate Disputes Resolution (ADR)
* Amount at Stake
* Analogous Estimating
Analysis
Applicable Customers
Application Area
* Appraisal
Approach
Arbitration
Archive
Area of Project Application
Arrow
Arrow Diagramming Method (ADM)
As-of Date
Assessment
Assignment
* Assumptions
4. Term
Assumptions Analysis
Attitudes
Audit
Authority
* Authorized Un-priced Work
Authorized Work
Authorizing
* Average Outgoing Quality Limit(AOQL)
* Average Outgoing Quality(AOQ)
Average Sample Size Curve
Avoidance
* Backcharge
Backward Pass
Bar Chart
Baseline
Baseline Finish Date
Baseline Start Date
* Basis OF Estimate (BOE)
Batch
Behavior
* Benchmarking
Best and Final Offer (BAFO)
Best-Value Future-State Solution (BFSS)
* Bid
Bidder's Conferences
* Bill of Materials (BOM)
Body of Knowledge
Bonds
Bottleneck
* Bottom-Up Cost Estimate
* Brainstorming
Budget
* Budget At Completion (BAC)
Budget Estimate
* Budgeted Cost of Work Performed (BCWP)
* Budgeted Cost of Work Scheduled (BCWS)
Budgeting
Buffer
Buffer Penetration
* Bulk Material
Business
Business Process Improvement (BPI)
Buyer
Calendar Unit
5. Term
Calibration
Capacity Constraint Resource
Cause
Cause and Effect Diagram
Centralized Procurement
Certificate of Conformance
Change Control Board (CCB)
Change Facilitator
Characteristic
Chart
Chart of Accounts
Charter
Checklist
Claims
Classification of Defects
Client
Coaching
Code of Accounts
Coding Structure
Collocation
Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS)
Commitment
Common Cause Variation
Communicating Style
Communication
Communications Planning
Communicator
Comparative Analysis
Comparative Approach
Competency
Competency Cluster
Competency Dictionary
Competency Dimentions
Competency Gap
Competition
Component
Concession; Waiver
* Concurrent Engineering
Configuration
* Configuration Change Board (CCB)
Conflict Management
Conflict Resolution Diagram (CRD)
Constraint
Contingency
6. Term
Contingency Allowance
Contingency Planning
Contingency Reserve
Continous Improvement
Contract
Contract Administration
Contract Close Out
* Contract Quality Requirements
Contract Target Price
* Contract/Procurement Management
Control
* Control Account Plan (CAP)
* Corporate Business Life Cycle
Corporate Culture
Corrective Action
Cost
Cost Analysis
Cost Budgeting
Cost Buffer
Cost Control
Cost Element
Cost Estimating
Cost Incurred
Cost Management
* Cost of Quality
* Cost Overrun
* Cost Performance Index (CPI)
* Cost Reimbursement Type Contract
Cost Schedule Control System (CSCS)
Cost Variance (CV)
* Cost/Schedule Control Systems Criteria (S/CSCS)
* Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee (CPFF) Contract
* Cost-Plus-Incentive-Fee (CPIF) Contract
* Cost-reimbursable
* Cost-reimbursable contracts
* Course of Action
* Crashing
Criteria
Criterion
* Critical Activity
* Critical Chain
Critical Chain Feeding Buffer (CCBF)
Critical Chain Project Management (CCPM)
Critical Chain Resource Buffer (CCRB)
7. Term
Critical Chain Schedule
Critical Path Method (CPM)
* Critical Success Factor
Cumulative Likelihood Distribution
Current Finish Date
Current Start Date
Customer
Damages
Data
Data Date (DD)
Decentralized Procurement
Decision Tree Analysis
Decomposition
Definitive Estimate
Delegation of Authority (DOA)
Deliverable
Department
Dependency
Dependency Links
Dependent Events
Design of Experiment
Deviation
Diagramming Method
Dictionary
Direct Costs
Disciplin
Dispute
Dollar-days
Drum
Dummy Activity
Duration (DU)
Duration Compression
* Early Finish Date (EF)
* Early Start Date (ES)
* Earned Value (EV)
Earned Value Management (EVM) and Earned Value Project Management (EVPM)
E-Commerce or Electronic Commerce
Effect
Effective Performance
* Effectiveness
* Efficiency
* Effort
Element
8. Term
Elements of Competence
Employee
* Enabler
* Enterprise Resourse Planning (ERP)
Entity
Entry Point
Environment
Equipment
Erroneous Information
Estimate
* Estimate At Completion (EAC)
* Estimate To complete (ETC)
Estimating
Ethics
Evaluation
Event
Event-on-Node
Examination
Exception Report
Execution Costs
Executive Authority
Executive Control Point
Expenditure
Expert Judgment
Facilities/Product Life Cycle
* Fast Tracking
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)
Feedback
Feeding Buffer
Finish Date
* Finish-to-Finish (FF)
* Finish-to-Start (FS)
* Firm Fixed-Price (FFP) Contract
Fishbone Diagram
Five Focusing Steps
* Fixed Price Contracts
* Fixed-Price-Incentive-Fee (FPIF) Contract
* Float
* Float
* Force Majeure
Forecast
Forecast Final Cost
Forward Pass
Fragnet
9. Term
* Free Float (FF)
* Function
Function Quality Integration
Functional Manager
Functional Organization
Funding Profile
Gantt Chart
Gauarantor
General & Administrative (G&A)
Goal
* Government Contract Quality Assurance
Grade
* Graphical Evaluation and Review Technique (GERT)
Guideline
Hammock
* Hanger
Histogram
Historical Information
Human Resource Management
Identification
Impact
Imposed Date
Improvement
* Incentive Fee Contracts
Independent Cost Analysis
Independent Cost Estimate
Indirect Control
Indirect Cost
Information
Information Distribution
Information/Communication Management
Initiation
* Inspection
Inspection by Attributes
Inspection by Variables
Inspection Cyclical
Inspection In-Process
Inspection Level
Inspection System Requirement
Inspection Tightened
Inspection, Original
Inspection, Quality Conformance
* Integrated Change Control
* Integrated Cost / Schedule Reporting
10. Term
* Integrated Plan
Integrated Product Development Teams
Interfaces
Intermediate Objective (IO)
Interview
Invalid Data
* Inventory
* Invitation for Bid (IFB)
Item
Job Description
* Joint Venture (JV)
* Jonah
Key Event Schedule
Kick Off Meeting
Knowledge
Knowledge Area
Labor Rate Variances
* Lag
* Late Finish Date (LF)
* Late Start Date (LS)
* Lead
Leadership
* Lessons Learned
* Level of Effort (LOE)
Leveling
* Life Cycle
Life-Cycle Costing
Likelihood
Limitation
Limiting Quality(LQ)
Line Manager
Link
Linked Projects
Liquidated Damages
List
Logic Diagram
Logic Link
Logic Loop
Logical Relationship
Loop
Lot
* Lump Sum Contracts
Maintainability
Maintenance Quality Assurance
11. Term
Major Complexity Contracts
* Make or Buy Analysis
Managing Organizational Change (MOC)
* Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP II)
* Master Project Schedule (MPS)
Material Requirements Planning (MRP)
Mathematical Analysis
Matrix Organization
Mean
* Measurement
Mechanism
Median
Mediation
* Mentoring
Methodology
Metric
* Milestone
Milestone Schedule
MIS Quality Requirements
Mitigation
* Monitoring
* Monte Carlo Analysis
* Multi-Functional Project Teams
Multiproject Management
Multitasking
* Near-Critical Activity
Need
Negative Analysis
Negotiated Contract Costs
Negotiation
Network
* Network Analysis
Network Logic
Network Path
No Probability
Node
Nonconformance
Nonconformity
* Non-Recurring Costs
* Notice to Proceed
* Not-to-Exceed (NTE)
Objectives Plan
* Offer
* Offset Agreements
12. Term
* Off-the-Shelf Items
One Hundred Percent Inspection
Operating Chracteristic Curves(OC Curves)
Operating Expense
Operation
Option
Order of Precedence
Order-of-Magnitude
Organization
Organizational Breakdown Structure (OBS)
Organizational Planning
Outcome
Output
Overall Quality Philosophy
Overhead
Overlap
Owner
Parametric Estimating
Pareto Diagram
Participant
Partnership
Path
Path Convergence
Percent Complete (PC)
Performance
Performance Based Payments
Performance Criteria
* Performance Measurement
Performance Reporting
Performing Organization
Personality
Personel
* PERT Chart
* Pessimistic Duration
Phase
* Plan
* Planned Finish Date (PF)
* Planned Start Date (PS)
Planned Value (PV)
PM Knowledge Cometency
PM Performance Cometency
PM Personal Cometency
* PM Profetional
Policy
13. Term
* Precedence Diagramming Method (PDM)
Precedence Relationship
Predecessor
Predecessor Activity
Prerequisite Tree (PRT)
Preventive Action
Price Analysis
Price Variance (PV)
Priority
Privily of Contract
Probability
Probability and Impact Matrix
Probability of Acceptance
Problem
Procedure
Process
Process Redesign
* Process Reengineering
Product / Service Liability
Product Quality Review
Product Scope
Production / Deviation Permit
Productivity
Professionalism
* Program
* Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT)
Progress Payments
Progress Reporting
Project Charter
Project Communications Management
Project Cost Management
Project Human Resource Management
Project Integration Management
* Project Life-Cycle
* Project Management (PM)
* Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK)
* Project Management Institute (PMI)
Project Management Professional (PMP)
Project Management Software
* Project Network Diagram
Project Organization
Project Phase
Project Plan Development
Project Plan Execution
14. Term
Project Planning
Project Procurement Management
Project Quality Management
Project Risk Management
Project Schedule
Project Scope
Project Stage
Project Success
Project Team Members
Project Time Management
Projectized Organization
* Proposal
Public Relations
* Purchase Order (PO)
Purchase Requisition (PR)
Qualification
Qualified Product List(QPL)
Qualitative Risk Analysis
Quality Assurance (QA)
Quality Assurance Representative(QAR)
Quality Audit
Quality Control (QC)
Quality Evaluation Methods
Quality Loop;Quality Spiral
* Quality Management Function
Quality Policy
Quality Process Review
Quality program Requirement
Quality Surveillance
Quality System
Quality System Review
* Quantitative Risk Analysis
* Quotation
Random Sample
Recurring Costs
Reduced Inspection
Rejection Number
* Reliability
Reliability Assurance
* Remaining Duration (RDU)
Remedy
Replanning
* Request for Information (RFI)
* Request for Proposal (RFP)
15. Term
* Request for Qualifications (RFQ)
* Request for Quotation (RFQ)
Requirements
Requirements of Society
Reserve
Residual Risk
* Resource Leveling
Resource Planning
Resource-Limited Schedule
Responsibility
* Responsibility Assignment Matrix (RAM)
Result
Retainage
Revers Resource Allocaion
Review
Revise
Revisite
* Reward and Recognation System
Rework
Risk (Project Risk)
Risk Acceptance
Risk Areas
Risk Avoidance
Risk Category
Risk Database
Risk Event
* Risk Exposure
Risk Identification
Risk Management Plan
Risk Management Planning
Risk Mitigation
Risk Monitoring and Control
Risk Register
Risk Response Plan
Risk Response Planning
* Risk Score
* Risk Transference
* Risk Trigger
* Role Map Diagram
Root Cause
* S Curve S
Sample
* Sample Plan, Multiple
Sample Size
17. Term
* Stakeholder
Standard
Start Date
* Start-to-Finish (SF)
* Start-to-Start (SS)
* Statement of Work (SOW)
Statistical fluctuations
Status
Status Quo
Storage Quality Control
Strategic Change
* Strategy
Structure
Student Syndrome
Style
Subcontract
Subcontractor
* Subject-Matter Expert
Subnet
Subnetwork
Subordinate
Subproject
Successor
Successor Activity
Supplier
* Supply Management
Synergy
System
* Target Completion Date (TC)
* Target Finish Date (TF)
Target Schedule
* Target Start Date (TS)
Targets
Task
Team
Team Building
Team Development
Team Members
Teaming Agreements/Alliances/Arrangements
* Technical Performance Measurement
* Technical Quality Administration
* Technical Quality Specification
Technical Quality Support
Technique
18. Term
Template
Termination of Contracts
* Terms & Conditions (T&C)
Testing
* Theory of Constraints (TOC)
Thinking Process
* Time & Materials (T&M) contracts
* Time-Scaled Network Diagram
* Timing
* Total Float (TF)
* Total Quality Management(TQM)
Traceability
Transference
Transition State
Trend
Triggers
* Uncertainty
* Uniform Commercial Code (UCC)
Unit Cost
Unit of Competence
Unit of Product
Update
* Validity
* Value Engineering (VE)
Variable Cost
Variance (Statistical)
* Vendor
Virtual Teams
Warranty
Work
* Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
Work Item
Work Package
* Workaround
* Wrap-Rates
* Yield from Effort
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Consulting And Establishment Of Quality Management System
Auditing And Evaluation Of Organization Maturity
Design And Implementation Of Comprehensive Project Management
Providing Human Resources Management