Glossary

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On 18 Dec 2006 we started a Glossary of terms used by Malotaux with Evo. This is just a start.

Please send comments and suggestions to: glossary@resultvalue.eu

 

Term Definition - note Synonym See also Version
CandidateTask A Task that we could consider   CandidateTaskList 2006Dec18
CandidateTaskList A List of Tasks that we could consider, listed usually in order of priority   CandidateTask 2006Dec18
Customer The entity that orders our development and pays for it.     2006Dec19
Defect Cause of a problem experienced by a Stakeholder of a System, ultimately by the Customer.     2006Dec19
Duration see LeadTime LeadTime   2006Dec18
Effort The net amount of time to accomplish something     2006Dec18
Estimate The tentative or approximate judgement of the numerical value of size, worth, significance or duration of something     2006Dec18
FatalDate A hard time limit upon we will deliver what we promised.
If we do not deliver at the FatalDate we Fail. No finger-pointing to anybody, because we took the responsibility and we didn't deliver. If somebody else was the reason, we could have warned our customer earlier, escalated, or even given back the responsibility. At the FatalDate itself, nobody fails by we ourselves.		 Deadline,
Milestone		 FatalBudget 2006Dec18
Goal of a Project Providing the customer with what he needs, at the time he needs it, to be satisfied, and to be more successful than he was without it … If the customer is not satisfied, he may not want to pay. If he is not successful, he cannot pay. If he is not more successful than he already was, why should he pay anyway? Of course we have to add that what we do in a project is: … constrained by what the customer can afford and what we mutually beneficially and satisfactorily can deliver in a reasonable period of time.     2006Dec19
LeadTime The time between planning a Task and delivering the result Duration   2006Dec18
Risk An event that may cause a Defect
(Others use: An uncertain event that, if it occurs, has a negative effect on project success)		     2006Dec19
Stakeholder Anybody with a stake in what we are doing.   Victim 2006Dec19
TimeLine
  1. A technique for controlling longer periods of time
  2. A line from Now to Then (Then being a defined date!)
     2006Dec18
Task A defined piece of work to be finished within a certain time     2006Dec18
Victim Special type of Stakeholder. Is negatively affected by the results of our project.   Stakeholder 2006Dec19

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