An earned value management technique used to indicate performance trends by using a graph that displays cumulative costs over a specific time period.

The approved version of a schedule model that can be changed only through formal change control procedures and is used as a basis for comparison to actual results.

A technique used to shorten the schedule duration without reducing the project scope.

A component of the project or program management plan that establishes the activities for developing, monitoring, and controlling the project or program.

A representation of the plan for executing the project's activities, including durations, dependencies, and other planning information, used to produce a project schedule along with other scheduling artifacts.

A process used to investigate or analyze the output of the schedule model in order to optimize the schedule.

A measure of schedule efficiency expressed as the ratio of earned value to planned value.

A measure of schedule performance expressed as the difference between the earned value and the planned value.

The approved version of a scope statement, work breakdown structure (WBS) and its associated WBS dictionary, which can be changed only through formal change control procedure and is used as a basic for comparison.

The uncontrolled expansion to product or project scope without adjustments to time, cost, and resources.

A component of the project or program management plan that describes how the scope will be defined, developed, monitored, controlled, and verified.

A risk that arises as a direct result of implementing a risk response.

A person or group who provides resources and support for the project, program, or portfolio, and is accountable for enabling success.

A component of the human resource plan that describes when and how team members will be acquired and how long they will be needed.

An individual, group, or organization who may affect, be affected by, or perceive itself to be affected by a decision, activity, or outcome of a project, program, or portfolio.

A formal document that describes established norms, methods, processes, and practices.

A logical relationship in which a successor activity cannot finish until a predecessor activity has started.

A logical relationship in which a successor activity cannot start until a predecessor activity has started.

A dependent activity that logically comes after another activity in a schedule.

A group of related schedule activities aggregated and displayed as a single activity.