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GLOSSARY

GLOSSARY

This glossary includes terms and definitions not already defined or used in a different sense from the definitions
in the glossary of A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge – Fifth Edition (PMBOK Guide) Glossary
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or in ISO/IEC/IEEE Standard 24765 for Systems and Software Engineering – Vocabulary (SEVOCAB).

Activity-Oriented WBS. A work breakdown structure in which activities and tasks are denoted by verbs that
indicate work to be accomplished. Each task name includes the work product or work products to be produced by
that task.

Anchor Point. A milestone in software scheduling at which a major project life cycle transition occurs.

Backlog. A set of software features awaiting development in a subsequent iteration.

Burndown. An indicator of the work completed and an estimate of remaining work to be completed or remaining
effort needed to complete a product development iteration cycle. Work is measured as all work done to deliver
story points, stories, features, functions, function points, user stories, use cases, or requirements during a product
development iteration. See also burnup.

Burndown Rate. The number of software story points, features, functions, user stories, use cases, or requirements
completed per work unit (week or iteration). See velocity.

Burnup. An indicator of the number of story points, features, functions, user stories, use cases, or requirements
completed and the work remaining or remaining effort needed to complete a product development iteration cycle.
Work is measured as all work done to deliver story points, stories, features, functions, function points, user stories,
use cases, or requirements during a product development iteration. See burndown.

Business Value. A concept that is unique to each organization and includes tangible and intangible elements.
Through the effective use of project, program, and portfolio management disciplines, organizations will possess the
ability to employ reliable, established processes to meet enterprise objectives and obtain greater business value
from their investments.

Cadence. Frequency of performing a periodic activity, such as incremental product release.

Cumulative Flow Diagram (CFD). A chart indicating features completed over time, plus features in development,
and those features in the backlog. Optionally, may indicate features at some intermediate milestones, such as
features designed but not yet constructed.
Dark Matter. The work missed in the original project plan that is required to complete the deliverable product.

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