Practical Definitions for the Working Professional: A Pocket Dictionary
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Contents
1-10-100 rule:
1-10-100 rule:
This a principle of quality management that states that ascribes that the relationship between cost of prevention, cost of correction, and the cost of failure. Think of a widget that cost the company $1 to produce if there are no issues. It will cost the company $10 if there is an issue that caught before it leaves the company’s building. It will cost the company $100 to correct if the issue is received by the customer.
5S:
A methodology that results in a workplace that is clean, uncluttered, safe, and well organized to help reduce waste and optimize productivity.
80/20 rule:
A principle that states that 80% of an organization’s profits stem from 20% of the products.
Abstract:
A brief review of a report that summarizes major elements to enable a reader to understand the basic features of the report.
Acceptance Criteria:
The required conditions that must be met in order for the deliverables to be received.
Accepted Deliverable:
Products, results, or capabilities produced by an entity in order to meet the customer specific criteria.
Accountability:
Being answerable for actions and results of self or teams. Accepts consequences of actions.
Accuracy:
The average attempts that are in the center of the target but there is a lot of variability.
Acquiescence bias:
Also known as yea-saying
or the friendliness bias, acquiescence bias occurs when a respondent demonstrates a tendency to agree with and be positive about whatever the moderator presents.
Acquired Resources:
Resources obtained for the specific purpose of completing project work, such as team members, facilities, equipment, materials, and/or supplies.
Acquisition:
Obtaining personnel and materiel resources from another element or organization.
Acquisition Lead Time (ALT):
The time interval between the initiation of solicitation/contract negotiation and product production.
Action:
The process of doing something, typically to achieve an aim.
Action Research:
A disciplined process of inquiry conducted by and for those taking the action.
Active listening:
Technique of being activity engaged with the partner or audience.
Activity:
A distinct portion of an organization, such as a work group of division. In project management, this term represents the portion of work in a project.
Activity Attributes:
Multiple attributes associated with each scheduled portion of a project.
Activity Duration Estimates:
The quantitative assessments of the likely number of time that is required to complete a project.
Activity List:
A document that itemizes all activities (or entities) within an organization.
Activity-based Cost:
A method for assigning costs to activities and then reassigning activity costs products, customers and other cost objects.
Actual Cost:
The total amount of cost accrued throughout a project.
Actual Duration:
The calendar time between the actual start and finish dates.
Adaptive Life Cycle:
A program life cycle that is iterative or incremental.
Affinity Analysis:
A data analysis and data mining technique that discovers co-occurrence relationships among activities performed by (or recorded about) specific individuals or groups.
Agile:
The ability to create and respond to change.
Agreements:
Any document or communication that defines the intentions of a project, contract, or working relationship.
Alignment (behavioral):
The synchronization of verbal and nonverbal cues. For example, facial expressions or affect that match the words of the individual.
Allocation:
The indirect assignment personnel, costs, materiel, or other resources.
Alternative Analysis:
A technique used to evaluate identified options in order to select the options available to conduct work in a project.
American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS):
An association for supply chain management and a not-for-profit international education organization. Considered to be the leading certification granting organization for supply chain management.
American Society for Quality (ASQ):
A professional organization centered around process & quality improvement. This organization is often referenced as the standard in Six Sigma certifications in the United States.
Analogous Estimating:
A technique for estimating the duration cost of an activity using historical data from similar activities.