Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Integration Change Management A component of the project management plan that Assumption log A project document used to record
Plan establishes the change control board, documents the all assumptions and constraints
extent of its authority, and describes how the change throughout the project life cycle.
control system will be implemented.
Configuration A component of the project management plan that Change Log A comprehensive list of changes
Management Plan describes how to identify and account for project submitted during the project and
artifacts under configuration control, and how to their current status.
record and report changes to them.
Performance Integrated scope, schedule, and cost baselines used Issue Log A project document where
Measurement Baseline for comparison to manage, measure, and control information about issues is recorded
project execution. and monitored.
Lessons Learned A project document used to record
Register knowledge gained during a project
so that it can be used in the current
project and entered into the lessons
learned repository. A store of
historical information about lessons
learned in projects.
Scope Scope Management A component of the project or program management Milestone List A milestone is a significant point or
Plan plan that describes how the scope will be defined, event in a project. A milestone list
developed, monitored, controlled, and validated. identifies all project milestones and
indicates whether the milestone is
mandatory, such as those required
by contract, or optional, such as
those based on historical
information. Milestones have zero
duration because they represent a
significant point or event.
Requirements A component of the project or program management Project Scope The description of the project scope,
Management Plan plan that describes how requirements will be Statement major deliverables, and exclusions.
analyzed, documented, and managed.
Scope Baseline The approved version of a scope statement, work Requirements A description of how individual
breakdown structure (WBS), and its associated Documentation requirements meet the business need
WBS dictionary, that can be changed using formal for the project.
change control procedures and is used as a basis for
comparison to actual results.
Schedule Schedule Management A component of the project or program management Activity Attributes Multiple attributes associated with
Plan plan that establishes the criteria and the activities for each schedule activity that can be
developing, monitoring, and controlling the included within the activity list.
schedule. Activity attributes include activity
codes, predecessor activities,
successor activities, logical
relationships, leads and lags,
resource requirements, imposed
dates, constraints, and assumptions.
Project Lifecycle The series of phases that a project passes through Activity List A documented tabulation of
description from its start to its completion. schedule activities that shows the
activity description, activity
identifier, and a sufficiently detailed
scope of work description so project
team members understand what
work is to be performed.
Schedule Baseline The approved version of a schedule model that can Basis of Estimates the supporting documentation
be changed using formal change control procedures should provide a clear and complete
and is used as the basis for comparison to actual understanding of how the duration
results. estimate was derived.
Cost Cost Management Plan A component of a project or program management Cost Estimates Cost estimates include quantitative
plan that describes how costs will be planned, assessments of the probable costs
structured, and controlled. required to complete project work,
as well as contingency amounts to
account for identified risks, and
management reserve to cover
unplanned work.
Cost Baseline The approved version of the time-phased project Cost Forecasts Described in Section 7.4.3.2.
budget, excluding any management reserves, which Forecasts such as the project’s
can be changed only through formal change control estimate to complete (ETC),
procedures and is used as a basis for comparison to estimate at completion (EAC),
actual results. budget at completion (BAC), and to-
complete performance index (TCPI)
may be compared to the results of a
quantitative cost risk analysis to
determine the confidence level
associated with achieving these
targets.
Quality Quality Management A component of the project or program management Quality Control The documented results of control
Plan plan that describes how applicable policies, Measurements quality activities.
procedures, and guidelines will be implemented to
achieve the quality objectives.
Development Approach The method used to create and evolve the product, Project Team Documentation of team assignments
service, or result during the project life cycle, such Assignments records the team members and their
as predictive, iterative, incremental, agile, or a roles and responsibilities for the
hybrid method. project. Documentation can include
a project team directory and names
inserted into the project
management plan, such as the
project organization charts and
schedules.
Communication Communications A component of the project, program, or portfolio Project Project Communications
Management Plan management plan that describes how, when, and by Communications Management includes the processes
whom information about the project will be required to ensure timely and
administered and disseminated. appropriate planning, collection,
creation, distribution, storage,
retrieval, management, control,
monitoring, and ultimate disposition
of project information.
Management Reviews
Risk Risk Management Plan A component of the project, program, or portfolio Risk Register A repository in which outputs of risk
management plan that describes how risk management processes are recorded.
management activities will be structured and
performed.
Risk Report A project document developed
progressively throughout the Project
Risk Management processes, which
summarizes information on
individual project risks and the level
of overall project risk.
Stakeholder Stakeholder The stakeholder engagement plan is a component of Stakeholder Register A project document including the
Engagement Plan the project management plan that identifies the identification, assessment, and
strategies and actions required to promote classification of project
productive involvement of stakeholders in decision stakeholders.
making and execution. It may include specific
strategies or approaches for engaging with
individuals or groups of stakeholders.