Q

Quality Assurance

(QA) (1) The process of evaluating overall project performance on a regular basis to provide confidence that the project will satisfy the relevant quality standards. (2) The organizational unit that is assigned responsibility for quality assurance.

(QC) (1) The process of monitoring specific project results to determine if they comply with relevant quality standards and identifying ways to eliminate causes of unsatisfactory performance. (2) The organizational unit that is assigned responsibility for quality control.

Identifying which quality standards are relevant to the project and determining how to satisfy them.

R

Remaining Duration

(RDU) The time needed to complete an activity.

(RFP) A type of bid document used to solicit proposals from prospective sellers of products or services. In some application areas it may have a narrower or more specific meaning.

(RFQ) Generally, this term is equivalent to request for proposal. However, in some application areas it may have a narrower or more specific meaning.

A provision in the project plan to mitigate cost and/or schedule risk. Often used with a modifier (e.g., management reserve, contingency reserve) to provide further detail on what types of risk are meant to be mitigated. The specific meaning of the modified term varies by application area.

Any form of network analysis in which scheduling decisions (start and finish dates) are driven by resource management concerns (e.g., limited resource availability or difficult-to-manage changes in resource levels).

A project schedule whose start and finish dates reflect expected resource availability. The final project schedule should always be resource-limited.

Determining what resources (people, equipment, materials) are needed in what quantities to perform project activities.

(RAM) A structure which relates the project organization structure to the work breakdown structure to help ensure that each element of the project's scope of work is assigned to a responsible individual.

See responsibility assignment matrix.

See responsibility assignment matrix.

A portion of a contract payment that is held until contract completion in order to ensure full performance of the contract terms.

A discrete occurrence that may affect the project for better or worse.

Determining which risk events are likely to affect the project.

Evaluating the probability of risk event occurrence and effect.

Responding to changes in risk over the course of the project.

Defining enhancement steps for opportunities and mitigation steps for threats.

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