Category: Project Management Definitions

What Is Approval? – Approval is the term used when an individual accepts a deliverable as fit for purpose so that the project can continue. For all Project Management Definitions, check the PMO and...

What Is Activity? – Activity is an element of work performed during the course of a project. An activity normally has an expected duration, an expected cost, and expected resource requirements. Activities are often...

What Is Approved? – Approved is a the project status describing governance or steering Committee approval prior to the start of project activities. For all Project Management Definitions, check the PMO and Project Management...

What Is AND Relationship? – AND Relationship is a logical relationship between two or more activities that converge on or diverge from an event. Note: the AND relationship indicates that every one of the...

What Is Administrative Closure? – Administrative Closure is generating, gathering, and disseminating information to formalize project completion. For all Project Management Definitions, check the PMO and Project Management Dictionary by John Filicetti

What Is Actual Start Date (AS)? – Actual Start Date (AS) is the point in time that work actually started on an activity. For all Project Management Definitions, check the PMO and Project Management...

What Is Actual Finish Date (AF)? – Actual Finish Date (AF) is the point in time that work actually ended on an activity. (Note: in some application areas, the activity is considered “finished” when...

What Is Actual Dates? – Actual Dates are entered as the project progresses. These are the dates that activities really started and finished as opposed to planned or projected dates. For all Project Management...

What Is Activity Status? – Activity Status is the state of completion of an activity. A planned activity has not yet started. A started activity is in progress. A finished activity is complete. For...

What Is Activity-on-arrow Network? – Activity-on-arrow Network is an arrow diagram, a network in which the arrows symbolize the activities. For all Project Management Definitions, check the PMO and Project Management Dictionary by John...