Mastering Microsoft Project 2002
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- QA
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See quality assurance.
- quality assurance (QA)
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The process of evaluating overall project or product performance on a regular basis.
- recurring cost
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An expenditure that occurs on a repetitive basis.
- remaining cost
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The estimated cost that is yet to be incurred.
- remaining duration
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The amount of time needed to complete the balance of an activity or project.
- remaining work
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The amount of work, in terms of days or hours, that remains to be completed on a task.
- resource
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Any person, item, or funding necessary to accomplish an activity.
- resource allocation
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The assignment of resources to tasks in a project.
- resource assignment
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The work on an activity related to a specific resource.
- resource leveling
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The process of adjusting project schedules to minimize the peaks in daily resource usage.
- resource pool
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A group of resources, related by skill, department, or function, that are available for assignment to project tasks.
- resource replacement
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The act of replacing one resource with another that offers similar characteristics. Itís important to replace generic resources with actual resources at some point in a projectís lifespan.
- risk
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The probability of an undesirable outcome.
- schedule
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The timetable for a project, showing project tasks and milestones.
- schedule performance index (SPI)
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The ratio of work performed to work scheduled.
- schedule variance (SV)
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The difference between a taskís scheduled progress and its actual progress.
- scope
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The combination of all project goals and tasks, and the work required to accomplish them.
- scope creep
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Unplanned change in the scope of a project.
- slack
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See float.
- slippage
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The amount of slack or float time used up by the delayed start of an activity.
- Smart Tag
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A pop-up tip or label that appears when you hover your cursor over a particular part of the Microsoft Project interface. Many Smart Tags prompt the user for additional input.
- SPI
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See schedule performance index.
- stakeholder
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Any person who has an interest in the project; includes project team members, clients, funders, contractors, customers, higher-level managers, and other interested parties.
- standard rate
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A base rate you assign to resources.
- status date
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A date that you set for reporting the current status of a project.
- successor
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An activity whose start or finish depends on the start or finish of a predecessor activity.
- SV
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See schedule variance.
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