A guide to the PROJECT MANAGEMENT BODY OF KNOWLEDGE (PMBOK Guide)

GLOSSARY

1. INCLUSIONS AND EXCLUSIONS

This glossary includes terms that are:

• Unique or nearly unique to project management (e.g., project scope statement, work package, work breakdown structure, critical path method).
• Not unique to project management, but used differently or with a narrower meaning in project management than in general everyday usage (e.g., early start date).

This glossary generally does not include:

• Application area-specific terms.
• Terms used in project management that do not differ in any material way from everyday use (e.g., calendar day, delay).
• Compound terms whose meaning is clear from the meanings of the component parts.
• Variants when the meaning of the variant is clear from the base term.
• Terms that are used only ...