Category: Project Management Definitions

What Is Effort? – Effort is the number of labor units necessary to complete the work. Effort is usually expressed in staff-hours, staff-days or staff-weeks and should not be confused with duration. For all...

What Is Earned Value Cost Control? – Earned Value Cost Control is the quantification of the overall progress of a project in financial terms so as to provide a realistic yardstick against which to...

What Is Early Finish Date (EF)? – Early Finish Date (EF) is, in the critical path method, the earliest possible point in time on which the uncompleted portions of an activity (or the project)...

What Is Design Authority? – Design Authority is the person or organization with overall design responsibility for the products of the project. For all Project Management Definitions, check the PMO and Project Management Dictionary...

What Is Denied? – Denied is the project status describing proposed project work that will not be considered. For all Project Management Definitions, check the PMO and Project Management Dictionary by John Filicetti

What Is Deliberate Decision Event? – Deliberate Decision Event is a decision event where the decision is made as a result of the outcomes of the preceding activities and possibly other information. A deliberate...

What Is Delegation? – Delegation is the practice of effectively getting others to perform work which one chooses not to do oneself. The process by which authority and responsibility is distributed from project manager...

What Is Decision Event? – Decision Event is the state in the progress of a project when a decision is required before the start of any succeeding activity. Note: the decision determines which of...

What Is Decision? – Decision is the removal of uncertainty with respect to a course of action. For all Project Management Definitions, check the PMO and Project Management Dictionary by John Filicetti

What Is Dangle? – Dangle is an activity or network which has either no predecessors or no successors. If neither, it is referred to as an isolated activity. For all Project Management Definitions, check...