Planning and Scheduling Glossary

A

• Activity Duration Estimation in Planning and Scheduling
• Activity in Planning and Scheduling
• Activity Relationship in Planning and Scheduling
• Activity Resource Estimating in Planning and Scheduling
• Activity Sequencing in Planning and Scheduling
• Activity Time-Cost Relationship in Planning and Scheduling
• Actual Cost in Planning and Scheduling
• Ad hoc in Planning and Scheduling
• Adherence in Planning and Scheduling
• Administration in Planning and Scheduling
• Agile Development in Planning and Scheduling
• Agile in Planning and Scheduling
• Agile Methodology in Planning and Scheduling
• Agile Planning in Planning and Scheduling
• Agile Scrum in Planning and Scheduling
• Algorithm in Planning and Scheduling
• Allocation in Planning and Scheduling
• Analysis in Planning and Scheduling
• Anticipatory Scheduling in Planning and Scheduling
• AON in Planning and Scheduling
• Approved Change Requests in Planning and Scheduling
• Arrow Diagraming Method (ADM) in Planning and Scheduling
• Arrow Diagramming Method in Planning and Scheduling
• Automation in Planning and Scheduling

B

• Backlog in Planning and Scheduling
• Backlog Management in Planning and Scheduling
• Backward Pass (Backward Plan) in Planning and Scheduling
• Backward Pass in Planning and Scheduling
• Bar Chart in Planning and Scheduling
• Bar Charts in Planning and Scheduling
• Base Line in Planning and Scheduling
• Baseline in Planning and Scheduling
• Bottleneck Analysis in Planning and Scheduling
• Bottleneck in Planning and Scheduling
• Budgeted Cost in Planning and Scheduling
• Buffer in Planning and Scheduling
• Buffer Management in Planning and Scheduling
• Burn-down Chart in Planning and Scheduling

C

• Calendar in Planning and Scheduling
• Calendar View in Planning and Scheduling
• Capacity in Planning and Scheduling
• Capacity Management in Planning and Scheduling
• Capacity Planning in Planning and Scheduling
• Change Control in Planning and Scheduling
• Change Estimate in Planning and Scheduling
• Change Impact in Planning and Scheduling
• Change Management in Planning and Scheduling
• Committed Cost in Planning and Scheduling
• Constraint in Planning and Scheduling
• Constraints Management in Planning and Scheduling
• Contingency in Planning and Scheduling
• Contingency Plan in Planning and Scheduling
• Continuous Improvement in Planning and Scheduling
• Cost Breakdown Structure (CBS) in Planning and Scheduling
• Cost Estimation in Planning and Scheduling
• CPM/PERT in Planning and Scheduling
• Critical Activity in Planning and Scheduling
• Critical Chain in Planning and Scheduling
• Critical Chain Method in Planning and Scheduling
• Critical Path Analysis in Planning and Scheduling
• Critical Path in Planning and Scheduling
• Critical Path Method (CPM) in Planning and Scheduling
• Critical Path Method (CPM) Scheduling in Planning and Scheduling
• Cycle Time Reduction in Planning and Scheduling

D

• Daily Planning in Planning and Scheduling
• Date Constraint in Planning and Scheduling
• Deadlines in Planning and Scheduling
• Decision Tree in Planning and Scheduling
• Deliverable in Planning and Scheduling
• Demand Planning in Planning and Scheduling
• Dependencies in Planning and Scheduling
• Dependency Management in Planning and Scheduling
• Dependency Mapping in Planning and Scheduling
• Direct Labour in Planning and Scheduling
• Dispatching in Planning and Scheduling
• Disruption in Planning and Scheduling
• Doubled resource estimated duration (DRED) in Planning and Scheduling
• Duration in Planning and Scheduling

E

• Early Finish in Planning and Scheduling
• Early Start in Planning and Scheduling
• Earned Value Management (EVM) in Planning and Scheduling
• Earned Value Management in Planning and Scheduling
• Efficiency in Planning and Scheduling
• Efficiency Ratio in Planning and Scheduling
• Estimate in Planning and Scheduling
• Estimate to Complete in Planning and Scheduling
• Estimated Cost in Planning and Scheduling
• Estimation in Planning and Scheduling
• Extensions of Time in Planning and Scheduling

F

• Feasibility Study in Planning and Scheduling
• Float in Planning and Scheduling
• Float Time in Planning and Scheduling
• Flowchart in Planning and Scheduling
• Flowcharting in Planning and Scheduling
• Forecasting in Planning and Scheduling
• Forecasting Techniques in Planning and Scheduling
• Forward Pass in Planning and Scheduling
• Free Float in Planning and Scheduling

G

• Gantt Chart in Planning and Scheduling
• Gantt Charts in Planning and Scheduling

H

• Hammock in Planning and Scheduling
• Heuristics in Planning and Scheduling
• Histogram in Planning and Scheduling

I

• Incremental Planning in Planning and Scheduling
• Incurred Cost in Planning and Scheduling
• Indirects in Planning and Scheduling
• Interdependency in Planning and Scheduling
• Iterative Planning in Planning and Scheduling

J

• Just-in-Time (JIT) in Planning and Scheduling

K

• Kanban Board in Planning and Scheduling
• Kanban in Planning and Scheduling
• Kanban System in Planning and Scheduling
• KPI in Planning and Scheduling

L

• Lag in Planning and Scheduling
• Lag Time in Planning and Scheduling
• Late Finish in Planning and Scheduling
• Late Start in Planning and Scheduling
• Lead in Planning and Scheduling
• Lead Time in Planning and Scheduling
• Lead Time Optimization in Planning and Scheduling
• Lead Time Reduction in Planning and Scheduling
• Lead Time Variance in Planning and Scheduling
• Lean Manufacturing in Planning and Scheduling
• Lean Scheduling in Planning and Scheduling
• Level of Effort Activity in Planning and Scheduling
• Line of Balance (LOB) in Planning and Scheduling
• Load Balancing in Planning and Scheduling
• Long-term Planning in Planning and Scheduling
• Loop in Planning and Scheduling
• Lost Time in Planning and Scheduling

M

• Machine Learning in Planning and Scheduling
• Master Schedule in Planning and Scheduling
• Milestone Chart in Planning and Scheduling
• Milestone in Planning and Scheduling
• Milestone Tracking in Planning and Scheduling
• Monitoring in Planning and Scheduling
• Monte Carlo Simulation in Planning and Scheduling
• Multi-project Scheduling in Planning and Scheduling

N

• Network (Project Network) in Planning and Scheduling
• Network Analysis in Planning and Scheduling
• Network Diagram in Planning and Scheduling
• Non-critical Path in Planning and Scheduling

O

• Open ends in Planning and Scheduling
• Optimization in Planning and Scheduling
• Optimization Models in Planning and Scheduling
• Out-of-sequence in Planning and Scheduling
• Overhead in Planning and Scheduling
• Overtime in Planning and Scheduling

P

• Parallel Processing in Planning and Scheduling
• Percent Complete in Planning and Scheduling
• Performance Metrics in Planning and Scheduling
• PERT Chart in Planning and Scheduling
• PERT in Planning and Scheduling
• Physical Completion in Planning and Scheduling
• Planned Cost in Planning and Scheduling
• Planning Engineer in Planning and Scheduling
• Planning in Planning and Scheduling
• Potential Change Requests in Planning and Scheduling
• Precedence Diagram Method in Planning and Scheduling
• Precedence Diagramming Method (PDM) in Planning and Scheduling
• Precedence Diagramming Method in Planning and Scheduling
• Predecessor in Planning and Scheduling
• Predecessor(s) in Planning and Scheduling
• Prioritization in Planning and Scheduling
• Prioritization Techniques in Planning and Scheduling
• Priority in Planning and Scheduling
• Process Improvement in Planning and Scheduling
• Procurement in Planning and Scheduling
• Production Planning in Planning and Scheduling
• Production Schedule in Planning and Scheduling
• Production Scheduling in Planning and Scheduling
• Productivity in Planning and Scheduling
• Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT) in Planning and Scheduling
• Project Audit and Closure in Planning and Scheduling
• Project Control in Planning and Scheduling
• Project Crashing in Planning and Scheduling
• Project in Planning and Scheduling
• Project Management Office (PMO) in Planning and Scheduling
• Project Planning and Scheduling in Planning and Scheduling
• Project Planning in Planning and Scheduling
• Project Time-Cost Trade-Off in Planning and Scheduling

Q

• Quality Control in Planning and Scheduling
• Queue in Planning and Scheduling

R

• Rapid Prototyping in Planning and Scheduling
• Resource Allocation in Planning and Scheduling
• Resource in Planning and Scheduling
• Resource Leveling in Planning and Scheduling
• Risk Assessment in Planning and Scheduling
• Risk in Planning and Scheduling
• Risk Management in Planning and Scheduling
• Risk Mitigation in Planning and Scheduling
• Rolling Wave Planning in Planning and Scheduling

S

• Schedule Contingency in Planning and Scheduling
• Schedule Control in Planning and Scheduling
• Schedule Development in Planning and Scheduling
• Schedule in Planning and Scheduling
• Schedule Risk in Planning and Scheduling
• Schedule Variance in Planning and Scheduling
• Scheduling Algorithm in Planning and Scheduling
• Scope Creep in Planning and Scheduling
• Scrum in Planning and Scheduling
• Scrum Methodology in Planning and Scheduling
• Sequencing in Planning and Scheduling
• Short Interval Control in Planning and Scheduling
• Short-term Planning in Planning and Scheduling
• Short-term Scheduling in Planning and Scheduling
• Simulation in Planning and Scheduling
• Six Sigma Methodology in Planning and Scheduling
• Slack in Planning and Scheduling
• Slack Management in Planning and Scheduling
• Slack Time in Planning and Scheduling
• Splitting in Planning and Scheduling
• Sprint in Planning and Scheduling
• Sprint Planning in Planning and Scheduling
• Staffing Plan in Planning and Scheduling
• Stakeholder in Planning and Scheduling
• Subtask in Planning and Scheduling
• Succession Planning in Planning and Scheduling
• Successor in Planning and Scheduling

T

• Target Date in Planning and Scheduling
• Task Dependencies in Planning and Scheduling
• Task in Planning and Scheduling
• Task Management in Planning and Scheduling
• The Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) in Planning and Scheduling
• Throughput in Planning and Scheduling
• Time Estimation in Planning and Scheduling
• Time Management in Planning and Scheduling
• Time Tracking in Planning and Scheduling
• Time-sensitive in Planning and Scheduling
• Timeboxing in Planning and Scheduling
• Timeframe in Planning and Scheduling
• Timeline in Planning and Scheduling
• To-do Lists in Planning and Scheduling
• Total Float in Planning and Scheduling
• Trade-off in Planning and Scheduling
• Trigger in Planning and Scheduling
• Turnaround Time in Planning and Scheduling

U

• Uncertainty and Risk Management in Planning and Scheduling
• User Story in Planning and Scheduling
• Utilization in Planning and Scheduling
• Utilization Rate in Planning and Scheduling

V

• Variability Analysis in Planning and Scheduling
• Variance in Planning and Scheduling
• Velocity in Planning and Scheduling
• Vendor Management in Planning and Scheduling

W

• Waterfall in Planning and Scheduling
• WBS (Work Breakdown Structure) in Planning and Scheduling
• Weighted Percent Complete in Planning and Scheduling
• Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) in Planning and Scheduling
• Work Breakdown Structure in Planning and Scheduling
• Work Package in Planning and Scheduling
• Workforce Optimization in Planning and Scheduling
• Workforce Scheduling in Planning and Scheduling
• Workload in Planning and Scheduling

Y

• Yield Management in Planning and Scheduling

Z

• Zero-based Scheduling in Planning and Scheduling