Project Management Terminology - Key Terms

Term #no glossary in Guideline Absorption Acceleration Acceptable Acceptance Testing Act of God Activity Activity Bar Activity Code (Coding) Activity Cost Activity Description Activity Duration Activity Number / Activity ID Activity on Arrow (AOA) Activity on Node (AON) Activity Relationship Activity Splitting Activity Status Activity Type Actual Cost of Work Performed (ACWP) Actual Finish Date Actual Pricing Actual Start Date Adaptive Capacity Addenda Addendum Additional Services Advanced Pricing Agency Agency Construction Management Agreement AIA Allocable Cost Allowance Ambiguous Specification Analogous Estimating Analysis Apparent Low Bidder Approved Bidders List Approved Changes Arrow Arrow Diagramming Method Artificial Intelligence As Allowed As Approved As Directed As Ordered Term As Required As-Built Drawings As-Built Schedule ASHRAE As-Planned Schedule Assumption At-Risk Construction Management (CM at-risk) Audit Augmented Reality (AR) Authorization Award Award Fee Backcharge Backward Pass Ball-Park Estimate Bar Chart Baseline Cost Estimate (BCE) Baseline Schedule Basic Services Battery Limits Beneficial Occupancy Benefit Cost Analysis (BCA) Benefit-to-Cost Ratio Best Estimate Bid Bid Bond Biddability Biddability Review Bid Documents Bidding Documents Billing Rates BIM 3D (Parametric Modeling) BIM 4D (Schedules) BIM 5D (Cost Management) BIM Execution Plan BIM Integrator Boiler Plate Bond Bond, Bid Bond, Payment Bond, Performance Bonus Bottom-Up Estimating Bottom-Up Models Breach of Contract BREEAM Budget Term Budget Authorization Budget Estimate Budgeted Cost of Work Performed (BCWP) Budgeted Cost of Work Scheduled (BCWS) Budgeting Building Commissioning (Cx) Building Environment Assessment Method (BEAM Pl Building Information Modeling (BIM) Burden of Proof Business Intelligence C&D Waste Management Calendar Capital Budgeting Capital Expenditure Carbon Footprint Cash Flow Causation Ceiling Price Change Change in Scope Change in Sequence Change Order Change, Bilateral Change, Cardinal Change, Constructive Change, Unilateral Changed Conditions Claim Clash Detection CM Fee Code of Accounts Commissioning Commissioning Agent (CA) Common Data Environment (CDE) Completed Activity Compliance Standards Computerized Estimating Conceptual Schedule Concurrent Activities Configuration Configuration Control or Management Conflict in Plans and Specifications ConsensusDocs Constraint Constructability Constructability Reviews Construction Budget Term Construction Contract Documents Construction Costs Construction Management Construction Management Plan (CMP) Construction Management-at-Risk (CM-at-Risk) Construction Manager (CM) Construction Progress Construction Progress Report Construction Schedule Construction Technology Consumables Contingency Contingency Fund Contract Contract Administration Contract Budget Contract Change Authorization Contract Change Proposal Contract Completion Date Contract Dates Contract Documents Contract Master Schedule Contract Price Contract Time Contractor Contractor-Controlled Insurance Program (CCIP) Contractor Price Indexes Control Control Baseline Control Level Schedule (Level 3) Controlling Employer Controlling Relationship Correcting Employer Cost Accounting Cost Analysis Cost at Completion Cost Benefit Analysis Cost Breakdown Structure Cost Control Cost Effectiveness Analysis Cost Estimate Cost Growth Cost Loading Cost Management Cost Management System Cost Model Cost of Construction Term Cost of the Project Cost of the Work Cost Overrun Cost Performance Index (CPI) Cost Plus Fixed Fee (CPFF) Contract Cost Reimbursement Cost Risk Cost to Complete Cost Underrun Cost Variance (CV) Cost, Direct Cost, Impact Cost, Indirect Cost/Schedule Control System Criteria (C/SC2) CPM Schedule Creating Employer Critical Activity Critical Path Critical Path Method (CPM) Critical Relationship Cybersecurity Damages, Actual Damages, Liquidated Data Date Date Constraint Date of Final Completion Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred (DART) Deceleration Deconstruction (Building) Defect, Latent Defect, Patent Defective Cost or Pricing Data Defective Specification, Defective Contract Documents Delay Delay, Compensable Delay, Concurrent Delay, Excusable Delay, Non-Excusable Descope Meeting Design, Final Design, Preliminary Design, Schematic Design Document Review Design Parameters Design Phase Cost Management Design Schedule Design to Cost Term Design-Bid-Build Design-Build Designer Detailed Estimating Deviation Deviation (Trend) Differing Site Condition Digital Twin Direct Costs Disruption Drawings Driving Relationship Dummy Activity Duration Early Bar Early Finish Early Start Earned Hours Earned Value Earned Value Calculation Earned Value Management (EVM) Emotional Intelligence Emotional Quotient Empirical Cost Estimating End-Product Unit Method Energy Modeling Energy Service Company (ESCO) Energy Star Engineered Items Engineering Analysis Enhancement Entitlement Environmental Justice Environmentally Preferable Products (EPP) Equitable Adjustment Errors or Omissions Escalation Estimate Estimated Cost Estimated Cost at Completion Estimated Cost to Complete Estimated Final Cost Exception Report Exculpatory Language Experience Modification Rate (EMR) Exposing Employer Term Factored Items Fast Track Feasibility Study Fee as a Percentage of Construction Cost Field Labor Overhead Field Office Overhead Field Order Final Completion Finish-to-Finish Relationship Finish-to-Start Fixed Fee Fixed Price Contracts Float Float Float Flow Diagram Force Account Forecasting Forward Pass Forward Pricing Fragnet Free Float Front-end Planning Front End Schedule Gantt Chart General Conditions General Overhead General Purpose Cost Indexes Global Calendar Green Building Facilitator (GBF) Green Building Initiative (GBI) Green Globes Green Star Greywater System Guarantee Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP) Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP) Contract Hammock Activity Hand Factors High Performance Building Histograms Historical Cost Data Holiday Home Office Cost Home Office Overhead I Node Idle Equipment Cost Term Impact Cost Implied Duties and Obligations Implied Warranty Impossibility Impracticability Independent Cost Estimate Independent Verification Indirect Costs Inefficiency Information Management In-Progress Activity Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) Intelligence Quotient Interest Cost Interference ISO 14000 ISO 9001:2008 J Node Job Cost Labor Burden Labor Factor Labor Productivity Labor Variance Lag Lagging Indicator Lang Factors Late Finish Late Start Latent Condition Lead Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (L Leading Indicator Lean Construction LEED AP Level of Detail Level of Effort (LOE) Leveling Levels of Schedules Lien Lifecycle Lifecycle Assessment (LCA) Lifecycle Cost Lifecycle Cost Analysis Lifecycle Cost Estimate Linear Scheduling Method (LSM) Liquidated Damages Term Location Factor Location Indexes Logic Logic Constraint Logic Diagram Long Lead Item Look-Ahead Schedule Loop / Logic Loop Low Bidder Lump Sum Fee Maintenance Cost Management Control Systems Management Information System (MIS) Management Reserve Management Summary Schedule (Level 1) Manpower Analysis Manpower Loading Chart Mark-Up Master Schedule Material Difference Mechanical Completion Microaggression Milestone Milestone Schedule Misrepresentation Mitigation of Damages Monte Carlo Method Most Probable Amount Multiple of Equipment Cost Method Multiple Prime Contracts Multi-Project Scheduling