- Body of Knowledge - Each project should have one of these. Large bodies tend to be more credible because knowledge isn't thin.
- Risks - What hasn't happened yet; pretty much everything in the future
- Processes - a nifty alternative to delivering results
- Finish-Start - the relationship between solution-provider and customer. When the solution-provider thinks they're done, the customer impressed on them how not done they are.
- Planned Value (PV) - the thing dreams are made of
- Earned Value (EV) - when reality gets in the way of dreams
- Actual Cost (AC) - the truth that only comes out when the piggy bank is empty
- Milestone - unlike kidney stones, these don't hurt when you pass them
- Known unknown - proof that standards-makers sometimes run out of things to define
- Free float - much better than expensive float
- Crashing - an odd choice of terms for deliberately speeding up the pace
- Change Request - found in projects that have dressing rooms. These are a sign of a well-endowed project
- Customer - the people that preserve the custom of customizing, and insist they will accept the risk of doing so until they encounter the risk of doing so
- Resource Breakdown Structure - a medical term pertaining to losing ones judgment in a structured manner. The structure part makes it more rational to turn irrational.
If any of this makes sense to you, you're in way too deep. Take a break. Those around you will understand.
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