PRINCE2 glossary
Project management terminollogy differs from methodology to methodology and from the country to country. English terms are usually taken as referrence and they might be translated in a different way to other languages. We present you with the official PRINCE2 glossary of terms and we are continuously searching different dictionaries and vocabularies to expand the content. If you find any missing words or it is incorrectly explained, please let us know. We will do our best to improve.
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List of expressions:
Exception Report
Executive
exploit (risk response)
fallback (risk response)
follow-on action recommendations
governance (corporate)
governance (project)
handover
Highlight Report
host site
Change Authority
change budget
change control
checkpoint
Checkpoint Report
impact (of risk)
inherent risk
initiation stage
issue
Issue Register
Issue Report
Lessons Log
Lessons Report
logs
management product
management stage
off-specification
operational andmaintenance acceptance
outcome
output
performance targets
plan
planned closure
planning horizon
portfolio
premature closure
prerequisites (plan)
PRINCE2
PRINCE2 principles
PRINCE2 project
probability
problem/concern
procedure
process
producer
product
product breakdown structure
Product Description
product flow diagram
product checklist
Product Status Account
product-based planning
programme
project
Project Assurance
project authorization notification
Project Brief
Project Initiation Documentation
project initiation notification
project lifecycle
project management
project management team
project management team structure
Project Manager
project mandate
project office
Project Plan
project product
Project Product Description
Project Support
proximity (of risk)
quality
quality assurance
quality control
quality criteria
quality inspection
quality management
Quality Management Strategy
quality management system
quality records
Quality Register
quality review
quality review technique
quality tolerance
records
reduce (risk response)
registers
reject (risk response)
release
reports
request for change
residual risk
responsible authority
reviewer
risk
risk actionee
risk appetite
risk estimation
risk evaluation
risk management
Risk Management Strategy
risk owner
risk profile
Risk Register
risk response
risk response category
risk tolerance
risk tolerance line
role description
scope
scope tolerance
Senior Responsible Owner
Senior Supplier
Senior User
share (risk response)
schedule
specialist product
sponsor
stage
Stage plan
stakeholder
start-up
strategy
supplier
tailoring
Team Manager
Team Plan
technical stage
theme
time tolerance
time-driven control
tolerance
tranche
transfer (risk response)
trigger
user
user acceptance
variant
version
waterfall method
Work Package
accept (risk response)
acceptance
acceptance criteria
activity
agile methods
approval
approver
assurance
authority
authorization
avoid (risk response)
baseline
benefit
Benefits Review Plan
benefits tolerance
Business Case
centre of excellence
closure notification
closure recommendation
Communication Management Strategy
concession
configuration item
Configuration Item Record
configuration management
Configuration Management Strategy
configuration management system
constraints
contingency
corporate or programme standards
corrective action
cost tolerance
customer
customer’s quality expectations
Daily Log
deliverable
dependencies (plan)
dis-benefit
DSDM Atern (Dynamic Systems Developme
embedding (PRINCE2)
End Project Report
end stage assessment
End Stage Report
enhance (risk response)
event-driven control
exception
exception assessment
Exception Plan