A vocabulary exercise covering the core language of project management. These terms are used by project managers and team members across all industries to plan, track, and communicate about projects.
📚 Key vocabulary stakeholder — any individual, group, or organization that has an interest in or is affected by a project's outcome deliverable — a tangible or intangible output produced as part of a project that can be measured and verified scope creep — the uncontrolled expansion of a project's requirements beyond what was originally agreed upon critical path — the longest sequence of dependent tasks in a project that determines the minimum completion time milestone — a significant event or achievement in a project timeline that marks progress toward completion risk register — a document used to identify, assess, and monitor potential risks throughout a project Gantt chart — a bar chart showing a project schedule with tasks, durations, and dependencies plotted over time sprint — a short, time-boxed period in Agile projects during which a specific set of tasks is completed baseline — the approved version of a project plan used as a reference point to measure actual performance resource allocation — the process of identifying and assigning available resources to project tasks efficiently
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Choose the correct response to complete each sentence.
1. During our last meeting, we developed a good _____________________.
Correct answer: action plan.
2. I have a problem with the _____________________ of some of these action items. I think that we should rearrange the order a little.
Correct answer: sequence.
3. ____________________ limit project options. Resource ____________________, for example, restrict which resources can be used.
Correct answer: Constraints.
4. Will we be outsourcing this task? No, we're doing it _____________________.
Correct answer: in-house.
5. How's the project going? It's going well, but we're a little _____________________.
Correct answer: behind schedule.
6. A ____________________, or '____________________ time,' is a delay between related project activities.
Correct answer: lag.
7. It's rare that a project goes exactly as ______________________. Things often take longer than anticipated.
Correct answer: planned.
8. What is the estimated ____________________? = How long do you expect the project to last?
Correct answer: project duration.
9. We hired a ______________________ to help us with this phase of the project.
Correct answer: consultant.
10. My boss enrolled our ______________________ in a training class next weekend.