GLOSSARY

Project Management Foundations: Small

Projects
With Bonnie Biafore

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Term Definition

An extra amount of time estimated to complete a task to provide a

float
buffer if the actual time runs over

In identification of the purpose of the project, including the objective,

project definition
scope, constraints, and other important details

risk The possibility that something will go wrong during a project

Approval from the customer where they agree that the delivered project
sign-off
is what they thought it would be

A project that has one to three objectives at most, straightforward

small project
results, and requires less than 10 people to complete it

A report on how much work has been completed and how much is still
status update
left to finish

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