Glossary: Terms from Project Cycle Management

Nr.

Term

Definition (+source)

Example

Source of
example

Romanian
equivalent

ACTION

An action item is any

task or activity,
assignable to a
resource that needs
to take place within
the context of a
project. BrightHub's
Project Management
Channel
www.BrightHub.com

The action of
creating a
draft of the
request for
proposal
(RFP) for XYZ
inc.

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ASSIGNMENT
CONTOURING

A process that
determines how work
for an assignment is
to be distributed. For
some assignments
much of the work
must be done before
a few final projects
can be completed; in
other situations work
might need to be
distributed so that the
majority of the work is
completed at the end
of the project.
BrightHub's Project
Management Channel
www.BrightHub.com

The group
chief is
responsabile
with the
assignment
contouring.

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Distribuirea
sarcinilor

BASELINE PLAN

A snapshot taken of
the original plan and
at chosen checkpoints
for the project. In
Microsoft
Project, you can save
up to 11 baseline
plans for one project
file.
BrightHub's Project
Management Channel
www.BrightHub.com

Since a project
baseline
includes many
data from a
project it is
difficult to
manage it as a
whole and
usually it is
broken into
several parts.

http://www.rational
plan.com/projectm
anagementblog/pr
ojectmanagementterms-baseline/

Schema a
planului
original

CLOSING
PHASE

During the Closing

phase, project
managers often
depend on their
project management
software to provide
detailed summary
reports of everything
from missed timelines
to the amount of
money spent during
the project and how
that information
matches up with the
original project plan.
BrightHub's Project
Management Channel
www.BrightHub.com

Project Closure
involves handing
over the
deliverables to
your customer,
passing the
documentation
to the business,
cancelling
supplier
contracts,
releasing staff
and equipment,
and informing
stakeholders of
the closure of
the project.

http://www.method
123.com/projectclosure-phase.php

CRITICAL
CHAIN

Critical Chain Method

is a set of practices
that emphasizes the
resources needed in
order to be complete
a project.
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Management Channel
www.BrightHub.com

The critical
chain can be
defined as the
longest path in
the network
diagram
considering
activity
interdependenc
e and resource
constraint

http://pmstudycir
cle.com/2014/02
/critical-chainmethod-ccm-inprojectmanagement

Etapa de
incheiere a
proiectului

CRITICAL PATH

DEADLINE

EFFORTDRIVEN
SCHEDULING

A series of tasks that

define the finish date
of the project. If the
critical path tasks do
not finish when
scheduled, the project
finish date is
delayed.BrightHub's
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Channel
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We decided to

Task deadlines are

target dates you set in
the project schedule
that do not actually
affect the project
schedule.
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Management Channel
www.BrightHub.com

I had to meet the

A term used to
describe the theory
that adding more
resources equals
shortening a task's
duration.
BrightHub's Project
Management Channel
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The Effort
Driven field
indicates
whether the
scheduling for
the task is effort
driven
scheduling.

look at potential
obstacles so we

http://www.busine
ssdictionary.com/d
efinition/criticalpath.html

analyzed the
critical path to
best make
solutions for
potential
problems.

deadline, or my
work would not
be accepted and
I would be back

Termen limita
http://www.busine
ssdictionary.com/d
efinition/deadline.
html#ixzz3z5WgL
bkH

in the
unemployment
line

https://support.of
fice.com/enus/article/EffortDriven-taskfield-2155647aa232-48a6a832ed64fa87dc71

EXECUTION
PHASE

Phase three in
PMBOK's phases of
project management
is the Execution
phase (although, this
phase may also be
referred to as the
Implementation
phase). During the
Execution phase, your
best-laid plan from
Phase 2 - Planning is
put to work. The
Execution phase can
take as long as or
longer than the
Planning phase. This
is the time when you'll
spend the bulk of your
money and keep your
resources busy
"executing" the
project plan.
BrightHub's Project
Management Channel
www.BrightHub.com

In the Project
Execution
Phase you will
build the
physical project
deliverables and
present them to
your customer
for signoff.

http://www.meth
od123.com/proje
ct-executionphase.php

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FIXED
DURATION

A task type where the

duration is fixed.
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Management Channel
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On the oncoing
project the firm
has already
established a
fixed duration
for my task.

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33.129:81/econt
ent/Uploads/PR
OJECT_MANA
GEMENT.pdf

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FIXED UNITS

A task type where the

units are fixed.
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Management Channel
www.BrightHub.com

On Fixed Units
task, units will be
fixed and if you
change the work,
duration will be
changed.

http://www.epmc
entral.com/mspr
oject/fixedunits.p
hp

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FIXED WORK

A task type where the

work is fixed.
BrightHub's Project
Management Channel
www.BrightHub.com

Use Fixed
Work tasks in
situations such
as when the
effort required
is the first
thing you
estimate.

http://www.mpug
.com/articles/tas
k-types-dontget-frustrated/

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FREE SLACK

The amount of time a

task can fall behind,
be delayed, or slip,
and not affect other
tasks in the project
schedule.
BrightHub's Project
Management Channel
www.BrightHub.com

Use the Free

Slack field to
determine
whether a task
has any time
available for a
delay

https://support.of
fice.com/enus/article/FreeSlack-task-field87145b2b-8d5045a1-b89b89aa73015d17

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GANTT CHART

A Gantt chart displays

project schedule
information across a
timeline, listing
summary tasks as
well as milestones.
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Management Channel
www.BrightHub.com

Gantt charts are

most commonly
used for
tracking project
schedules.

http://www.gantt. Diagarame
com/
Gantt

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INITIATION
PHASE

The first phase of

project management
is the Initiation phase.
It's during this initial
time that the project
goal is established.
During Phase 1, if a
project manager has
been assigned, this
person works with the
involved parties,
otherwise known as
the project
stakeholders to fully
determine how to
measure the success
of the project once all
work is complete.
BrightHub's Project
Management Channel
www.BrightHub.com

In the initiation
phase you can
start a new
project by
defining its
objectives,
scope, purpose
and
deliverables to
be produced.

http://www.meth
od123.com/proje
ct-initiationphase.php

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INTERIM PLAN

A task's start and

finish values that can
be saved and used to
compare project
progress at various
stages.
BrightHub's Project
Management Channel
www.BrightHub.com

Interim plans are

task-specific and
can be created
at different
stages of a
project.

http://www.bright
hubpm.com/proj
ectplanning/11696the-differencebetween-abaseline-planand-an-interimplan/

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LAG TIME

The amount of delay

in the relationship
between the
predecessor and the
successor.
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Management Channel
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Through many of
his speeches,
including
testimonies
before the
Congress,
Greenspan
underscored the
need to take into
account the
substantial time
lag between
monetary policy
action and the
point at which its
effects show in
the economy.

http://www.thefre
edictionary.com/
time+lag

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LEAD TIME

LEVELING

MASTER
PROJECT

The amount of time

that must pass for one
task before its
successor task can
start.
BrightHub's Project
Management Channel
www.BrightHub.com

The lead time

The process of
resolving resources
conflicts and over
allocations by
delaying tasks,
splitting tasks, and
making changes to
assignments in a
project.
BrightHub's Project
Management Channel
www.BrightHub.com

In project
management,
resource
leveling is a

A project file that

includes subprojects
(inserted projects)
and that is used to
manage multiple
smaller projects from
one larger projects.
BrightHub's Project
Management Channel
www.BrightHub.com

At the time
being we have
five projects in
our master
project.

was far too high

for our business
to be a success

http://www.busine
ssdictionary.com/d
efinition/leadtime.html#ixzz3z6
8yubqn

so we searched
for inefficiencies
to improve upon.

technique in
which start and
finish dates are
adjusted based
on resource
constraints with
the goal of
balancing
demand for
resources with
the available
supply.

https://en.wikipe
dia.org/wiki/Res
ource_leveling

Distribuirea
sarcinilor in
functie de
resurse/
Delegarea
sarcinilor

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index.php/progr principal
ams/advancedcertifications/ma
ster-projectmanager

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MONITORING
(CONTROLLING
) PHASE

In Phase 4 Monitoring, you're

watching work
progress and keeping
one eye on the
original project goal to
ensure your project
sticks within the
original project scope.
BrightHub's Project
Management Channel
www.BrightHub.com

It is important
to be atentive
in your
monitoring
phase at all the
important tasks
of the project.

http://pmrgi.com/ Monitorizarea
index.php/progr proiectului
ams/advancedcertifications/ma
ster-projectmanager

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PLANNING
PHASE

Often the most timeconsuming of the

phases of project
management, the
Planning phase is
where you lay your
project groundwork. In
Phase 2 - Planning,
you create a specific
list of things that need
to happen in order for
your goal or goals to
be met.
BrightHub's Project
Management Channel
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We had to
expand the
time for the
planing phase
due to thr
multitude of
ideas.

No source .

The project cycle is a

process that details
the project activities
and when those
activities should take
place throughout the
duration of a project.
BrightHub's Project
Management Channel
www.BrightHub.com

The project
No source.
cycle for our
latest action
was very exact.

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PROJECT
CYCLE

Planificarea
proiectului

Stabilirea
unei schite a
desfasurarii
sarcinilor

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PMBOK

A Guide to the Project

Management Body of
Knowledge. Is a

All i know i
learnd from the
PMbok.

No source.

Risk
management
is a two-step
process determining
what risks
exist in an
investment
and then
handling those
risks in a way
best-suited to
your
investment
objectives.

ManagemenRisk
tul riscurilor
Management
Definition |
Investopedia
http://www.inve
stopedia.com/te
rms/r/riskmana
gement.asp#ixz
z3z7HrxNtU

collection of processes
and knowledge areas
accepted as best
practice for the project
management
profession.BrightHub's

Manual/ghid
pentru
managementul proiectelor

Project Management
Channel
www.BrightHub.com

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RISK
MANAGEMENT

A potential event or
circumstance that
may have a negative
influence on the
project. Risk
Management tries to
consider all possible
risks to the
completion of a
project, assign
probability and
potential effect,
propose a response,
and assign an 'owner'
to the risk, who is
responsible for
spotting the risk if it
arises, and
implementing the
response.
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Management Channel
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Risk
management
occurs
everywhere in
the financial
world