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See Work Breakdown Structure.

The process of evaluating alternative strategies.

For tasks, the total labor required for all resources to complete a task; for assignments, the amount of work to which a resource is assigned for a specific task; for resources, the total amount of work to which a resource is assigned for all tasks.

A method for analyzing activities where each activity is broken into subactivities and work packages, estimates for the work packages are created, and costs rolled up into larger subactivities and activities.

A lower-level activity required to complete a larger activity.

The relationship of the activities in a project from start to finish.

Days and hours when work can occur.

eXtensible Markup Language, the HTML-like markup language designed for the storage and display of well-categorized data.

A condition where there is no excess time between activities; also known as a critical activity.