Is There a Glossary on Project Management?

In this group of questions and answers we collect interesting questions about project management, also from Merlin Project's point of view. The list is sorted thematically.

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Currently you will find information on the following terms and topics (in alphabetical order):

A

• Activity
• Agile
• Ansoff matrix
• Assumptions

B

• Balanced scorecard
• Baseline
• BCG matrix
• Brainstorming
• Buffer
• Business case and use cases
• Business plan

C

• Case study
• Change management
• Closing process
• Contingency plan
• Cost estimation
• Critical Path Method

D

• Deliverable
• Dependencies
• Duration
• Duration with questionmark
• Dummy activity

E

• Earned value analysis
• Effectivity and efficiency
• Eisenhower matrix

F

• Feasibility Study
• Five-Forces Model according to Porter
• Float
• Four-Field matrix

G

• Gantt chart
• Group or phase

H
I
J
K

• Kickoff meeting

L

• Leadership styles
• Lessons learned

M

• Milestone
• Monte Carlo simulation

N

• Network diagram

O

• Organizational Chart - OBS

P

• PERT Chart
• PERT estimate
• Porter value chain model
• Portfolio matrix
• Project Management Body of Knowledge - PMBOK
• PRINCE2
• Project
• Project Life Cycle
• Project management
• Project manager

Q

• Quality
• Quality assurance
• Quality control

R

• RACI chart
• Reporting
• Status Reports
• Resource
• Resource calendar
• Risk
• Risk management
• Riskology

S

• Scrum
• Stakeholder
• SOW - Statement of Work
• SWOT analysis

T

• Three-point estimation
• Time management
• Triple Constraint

U
V
W

• Waterfall Model
• Work
• Work breakdown structure
• Work plan

X
Y
Z