W Terms

W Terms

WBS Dictionary

WBS Dictionary
A document that provides detailed deliverable, activity, and scheduling information about each component in the work breakdown structure.

What-If Scenario Analysis

What-If Scenario Analysis
The process of evaluating scenarios in order to predict their effect on project objectives.

Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)

Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
A hierarchical decomposition of the total scope of work to be carried out by the project team to accomplish the project objectives and create the required deliverables.

Work Package

Work Package
The work defined at the lowest level of the work breakdown structure for which cost and duration can be estimated and managed.

Workaround

Workaround
A response to a threat that has occurred, for which a prior response had not been planned or was not effective