Practice Standard for Work Breakdown Structures - Second Edition

Glossary

Many of the words defined here have broader, and in some cases, different dictionary definitions.

The definitions use the following conventions:

• Terms used as part of the definitions and that are defined in the glossary are shown in italics.
  • When the same glossary term appears more than once in a given definition, only the first occurrence is italicized.
  • In some cases, a single glossary term consists of multiple words (e.g., risk response planning).
• When synonyms are included, no definition is given and the reader is directed to ...