Reverse Definitions Flashcards
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A risk response to a threat where a conscious and deliberate decision is taken to retain the threat, having discerned that it is more economical to do so than to attempt a risk response action. The threat should continue to be monitored to ensure that it remains tolerable.
Accept ( risk Response)
The formal act of acknowledging that the project has met agreed acceptance criteria and thereby met the requirements of its stakeholders.
Acceptance
A prioritized list of criteria that the project product must meet before the customer will accept, i.e. measurable definitions of the attributes required for the set of products to be acceptable to key stakeholders.
Acceptance criteria
A process, function, or task that occurs over time, has recognizable results and is managed, It is usually defined as part of a process or plan.
Activity
Principally, software development methods that apply the project approach of using short time-boxed iterations where products are incrementally developed. PRINCE2 is compatible with Agile Principles.
Agile Method
The formal confirmation that a product is complete and meets its requirements ( less and concessions ) as defined by its Product Description.
Approval
The person or group ( e.g. Project Board) who is identified and qualified and authorized to approve a ( management or specialist) product as being complete and fit for purpose.
Approver
A statement that is taken as being true for true purposes of planning, but which could change later. An assumption is made where some facts are not yet known or decided, and is usually reserved for matters of such significance that , if they change or turn out not to be true , there will need to be considerable replanning.
Assumption
All the systematic actions necessary to provide confidence that the target ( system, process, organization, programme, project, outcome, benefit, capability, product output, deliverable) is appropriate. Appropriateness might be defined subjectively or objectively in different circumstances, The Implication is that assurance will have a level of independence from that which is being assured. See also Project Assurance and Quality Assurance.
Assurance
The right to allocate resources and make decisions ( applies to project, stages and team levels)
Authority
The point at witch an authority is granted.
Authorization
A risk response to a threat where the threat either can no longer have an impact or can no longer happen
Avoid ( Risk Response )
Reference levels against which an entity is monitored and controlled
Baseline
The measurable improvement resulting from an outcome perceived as an advantage by one or more stakeholders
Benefit
A plan that defines how and when a measurement of the achievement of the project´s benefits can be made. If the project is being managed within a program this information may be created and maintained at the programme level.
Benefit Review Plan
The permissible deviation in the expected benefits that is allowed before the deviation need to be escalated to the next level of management. Benefits tolerance is documented in Business Case. See also Tolerance.
Benefits Tolerance
The justification for an organization activity ( project ), which typically contains costs, benefits, risks and timescales, and against which continuing viability is tested.
Business Case
A corporate coordinating function for portfolios, programmes and projects providing standards, consistency of methods and processes, knowledge management, assurance and training
Centre of Excellence
A person or group to which the project board may delegate responsibility for the consideration of requests for change or off-specifications. The Change authority may be given a change budget and can approve changes within that budget.
Change Authority
The money allocated to the Change Authority available to be spent on authorized requests for change.
Change Budget
The procedure that ensures that all changes that may affect the project´s agree objectives are identified, assessed, and either approved, rejected, deferred.
Change Control
A team level, time driven, review of progress
Checkpoint
A progress report of the information gathered at a checkpoint, which is given by a team to the Project manager and which provides reporting data as defined in the Work Package.
Checkpoint Report
Advice form the Project Board to inform all stakeholders and the host sites that the project resources can be disbanded and support services, such as space, equipment and access, demobilized. It should indicate a closure date for costs to be charged to the project.
Closure Notification