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acceptance: The formal process of receiving a deliverable.
accrual method: Determines when the cost for a resource is incurred, and when actual costs are charged to a project. You can incur costs at the start or the finish of a task, or prorate during the course of the task.
activity: The smallest self-contained unit of work within a project.
actual: Information that shows what has actually occurred.
actual cost: A cost that has actually been incurred to date.
actual cost of work performed (ACWP): Shows actual costs incurred for work already performed by a resource on a task.
ACWP: See actual cost of work performed.
adaptive menu: A program menu that displays only the most commonly used commands and tasks; Microsoft Project 2002 and all Microsoft Office XP applications use adaptive menus to simplify each programís menu structure. Also known as a personalized menu.
administrator: A person responsible for setting up and managing user accounts, assigning permissions, and helping users with network or server-related issues.
ALAP: See as late as possible.
alternative resource: A resource that can be substituted if another resource is not available.
as late as possible: An activity for which the early dates are set as late as possible without dallying the early dates of any successor.
as soon as possible: An activity for which the early dates are set as soon as possible; this is most often the default activity type.
ASAP: See as soon as possible.
assignment: A specific resource assigned to a particular task.
assignment unit: The percentage of a resourceís time that the resource is assigned to a task.
AutoFilter: A feature of Project 2002 that enables you to filter information on a field (column).
BAC: See budget at completion.
base calendar: A calendar that can be used as a project and task calendar, specifying default working (and nonworking) time for a set of resources.
baseline: A ìlocked downî version of the project plan that isnít affected by status updates; a baseline can be used for comparison with the current schedule.
baseline dates: The original planned start and finish dates for an activity or project.
baseline plan: The original project plans used to track progress of a project.
BCWP: See budgeted cost of work performed.
BCWS: See budgeted cost of work scheduled.
bottom up: A method of estimating costs based on establishing costs for each individual activity, and rolling them up into the total cost estimate.
budget: The planned or estimated cost for an activity or project.
budget at completion (BAC): An estimate of the total project cost.
budget element: See resources.
budgeted cost of work performed (BCWP): A variable that indicates how much of the taskís budget should have been spent, given the actual duration of the task.
budgeted cost of work scheduled (BCWS): A variable that indicates how much of the budget should have been spent, in view of the baseline cost of the task, assignment, or resource.