Project Management Glossary
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Fallback plans: plans developed for risks that have a high impact on meeting project objectives, to be implemented ii attempts to reduce the risk are not effective

Fast tracking: a schedule compression technique in which you do activities in parallel that you would normally do in sequence

Features: the special characteristics that appeal to users

Feeding buffers: additional time added before tasks on the critical path that are preceded by non -critical-path tasks

Finish-to-finish dependency: a relation ship on a project network diagram where the “from” activity must finish before the “to” activity can finish

Finish-to-start dependency: a relation ship on a project network diagram where the “from” activity must finish before the “to” activity can start

Fishbone diagrams: diagrams that trace complaints about quality problems back to the responsible production operations; sometimes called Ishikawa diagrams

Fitness for use: a product can he used as it was intended

Fixed price or lump sum contracts: contracts with a fixed total price for a well- defined product or service

Flowcharts: diagrams that show how various elements of a system relate to each other

Forcing mode: using a win-lose approach to conflict resolution to get one’s way

Formal acceptance: documentation that the project’s sponsor or customer signs to show they have accepted the products of the project

Forward pass: a project network diagramming technique that determines the early start and early finish dates for each activity

Free slack: the amount of time an activity can be delayed without delaying the early start of any immediately following activities; also called free float

Function points: technology-independent assessments of the functions involved in developing a system

Functional organizational structure: an organizational structure that groups people by functional areas such as information technology, manufacturing, engineering, and accounting.

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