Market Leader, Advanced, Unit 12, Project Management

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1. bottleneck: 4. consortium:

a place where the rate of flow of anything is severely

reduced, such as a liquid, or traffic, or a project, or a a group or association, typically of several companies.
conversation.
5. critical path:
2. chances are:

The critical path is the sequence of interdependent

deliverables in a project plan which must be completed, i.e.
deliverable 'A' must be completed before deliverable 'B' can
begin.
6. cry foul:

used to say that something is likely or unlikely

3. congested:

to complain that something is unfair

7. dependencies:

so crowded with traffic or people as to hinder or prevent

freedom of movement.

the relationships of the preceding tasks to the succeeding

8. Gantt chart: 13. milestones:

reference points that mark a major event in a project and are

a chart used to schedule a project, showing all deliverables used to monitor the project's progress.
and time required for each.
14. mindless:
9. gridlock: a situation in which no progress can be made
10. havoc: great destruction; chaos
11. keep an eye on:

to watch or observe closely, or to remain cautious or wary.

12. management structure: without thought or without thinking about something
beforehand
15. moving things along: continuing beyond this point
16. multidisciplinary: combining or involving several academic
disciplines or professional specializations in an approach to a
topic or problem.
17. nuance: a slight or subtle degree of difference
18. out of the blue (idiom): unexpectedly
19. outputs: the things produced by the project, such as
deliverables, tangible plans, measurements, tracking
processes and status reports that pertain to planning,
managing and closing the project itself.
how the work is managed, who the decision maker will be, 20. over-assigning: assigning too much work to a single team
and how progress is shared with stakeholders. member
21. project aim:

the thing that you want to do or produce in a project

22. public-private partnership: A combined effort of government 27. slack/float: the amount of time that a task in a project
and a for-profit entity, generally intended to use the efficiency network can be delayed without causing a delay to
of the private sector to help achieve a public policy goal. subsequent tasks, known as "free float," or to the project
23. quality criteria: completion date, known as "total float".
28. take a roll call:

the level of quality which is to be maintained throughout the to take attendance at a meeting or in a classroom.
duration of the project
29. teleconference: a meeting at which people see and talk to
24. resources: each other using long-distance devices, such as telephones,
televisions, and computers
30. tenure: the holding of an office or job
31. to cloud:

people, equipment, facilities, funding, or anything else,

usually other than labour, required for the completion of a
project activity.
25. risks:

to make something less clear than before.

32. to go over something:

uncertain events or conditions that, if they occur, can have a

positive or negative effect on a project's aims and objectives.
26. scope:

to review

a list of specific project goals, deliverables, features,

functions, tasks, and deadlines. In other words, it is what needs
to be achieved and the work that must be done to deliver a
project.
33. to keep track of:

monitor and remain fully aware of or informed about something. "she had lost all track of time and had fallen asleep"
34. tolerances:

a performance range to which you will keep. Positive (the amount by which you can go over) and negative (the amount by which you
can fall short)
35. unprecedented:

something never seen before or never done before

36. weep:

to cry
37. workload: The amount of work assigned to a particular worker, normally in a specified time period