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IT Project Management 2

Practice IT project management vocabulary with this exercise. The terms here reflect the language of technology project delivery — from sprint planning and backlogs to stakeholder reporting.


📚 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


READY TO PRACTICE? LET’S GO!

Choose the correct response to complete each sentence.



1. We'll have to talk to the __________________ ( = programmers) about that.
2. The search __________________ has to be added before the end of the month.
3. Let's take a look at all our __________________ ( = crucial/critical) tasks.
4. For the past five years, I've been managing __________________ of IT professionals.
5. A good IT project manager should know about every stage of the software development life cycle __________________.
6. I've created a list of deliverables with their __________________ delivery dates.
7. The last project did not go well because there was no logical work __________________ structure.
8. Jim, how's the __________________ of the new database going?
9. This is definitely the most appropriate __________________ ( = way to do things).
10. It's Nancy's responsibility to monitor logs of all submitted changes and their __________________.


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