A process whereby modifications to documents, deliverables, or baselines associated with the project are identified, documented, approved, or rejected.

A formally charted group responsible for reviewing, evaluating, approving, delaying, or rejecting changes to the project and for recording and communicating such decisions.

A set of procedures that describes how modifications to the project deliverables and documentation are managed and controlled.

A formal proposal to modify any document, deliverable, or baseline.

A numbering system used to uniquely identify each component of the work breakdown structure (WBS).

A component of the project, program, or portfolio management plan that describes how, when, and by whom information will be administered and disseminated.

A limiting factor that affects the execution of a project, program, portfolio, or process.

A management control point where scope, budget, actual cost, and schedule are integrated and compared to earned value for performance measurement.

An intentional activity that realigns the performance of the project work with the project management plan.

A component of a project or program management plan that describes how costs will be planned, structured, and controlled.

A measure of the cost efficiency of budgeted resources expressed as the ratio of earned value to actual cost.

The amount of budget deficit or surplus at a given point in time, expressed as the difference between the earned value and the actual cost.

A technique used to shorten the schedule duration for the least incremental cost by adding resources.

A schedule method that allows the project team to place buffers on any project schedule path to account for limited resources and project uncertainties.

The sequence of activities that represent the longest path through a project, which determines the shortest possible duration.

An activity on the critical path in a project schedule.

A method used to estimate the minimum project duration and determine the amount of scheduling flexibility on the logical network paths within the schedule model.