Acceptance Criteria
The conditions or requirements that must be met before a deliverable, product, or project phase is accepted by stakeholders.
Active Directory
Active Directory was developed by Microsoft as a method of centrally managing user access to Window’s based networks and servers. It allows administrators manage identity and control over vast amounts of users within a network. This not only gives users a single login to their windows machine but also access to shared resources within the confines of the domain. For end-users, you simply log in once to your machine and access whatever you need.
Baseline
The approved version of a project plan (scope, schedule, or cost) used as a reference to measure performance and manage changes.
Business Process Flow
Business Process Flows define a set of steps for people to follow to take them to a desired outcome. These steps provide a visual indicator that tells people where they are in the business process.
Change Request
A formal proposal to modify any aspect of the project (scope, schedule, cost, quality, etc.) submitted for review and approval.
Content Template
Content Templats include content from a chosen project site, such as stages, deliverables, tasks, issues, and risks.
Critical Path
The longest sequence of dependent tasks in a project schedule that determines the shortest possible project duration. Delays on the critical path directly delay the project.
Deliverable
Any unique and verifiable product, result, or capability produced by the project and required to complete it.
Entra ID
Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure Active Directory or Azure AD) is a cloud-based identity and access management (IAM) service that provides secure sign-on and access control for users, devices, apps, and resources, acting as a central identity provider for Microsoft 365, Azure, and other services, enabling Zero Trust security with features like conditional access, multi-factor authentication (MFA), and identity protection.
Gantt Chart
A bar chart that illustrates a project schedule, showing start and finish dates of tasks, dependencies, and progress over time.
Key Performance Indicator - KPI
A measurable value that demonstrates how effectively a project is achieving key objectives (e.g., on-time delivery percentage, budget variance).
Managed Solution
Solutions implement an application lifecycle management process. Managed solutions are fully developed and are intended to be distributed, installed, and used for production purposes.
Merge Changes
A component that supports merge changes can be edited directly and still maintain compatibility with BrightWork 365 updates.
Milestone
A significant point or event in a project (with zero duration) used to mark progress, such as phase completion or major deliverable acceptance.
Power App
A Power App (Microsoft Power App) is a custom business application, allowing users to create mobile or web apps to automate processes, collect data, and streamline operations, connecting to various data sources like SharePoint, Dataverse, or SQL Server. It's part of the larger Microsoft Power Platform.
Project
A temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product, service, or result with a defined beginning and end.
Project Charter
A document that formally authorizes the existence of a project, provides the project manager with authority, and defines high-level objectives and key stakeholders.
Project Stakeholder
An individual, group, or organization that may affect, be affected by, or perceive itself to be affected by a project decision, activity, or outcome.
Risk
An uncertain event or condition that, if it occurs, has a positive or negative effect on one or more project objectives.
Scope
The work required to deliver a product, service, or result with the specified features and functions (includes both what is and is not included).
Stage
Most projects benefit greatly from having a control process in place to move them along from one stage to the next while they are in execution. Without any form of control, there is a good amount of risk that rework will need to be done for project stages that were previously considered complete. The control process, of which Stage are a major element, can be as simple as a single project manager deciding on their own when a stage's body of work has been completed in a satisfactory manner, or as complex as requiring a group of stakeholders deciding individually whether any additional work is necessary before a project can move forward to the next stage. BrightWork 365 affords the flexibility and functionality for project teams to use various levels of stage approval requirements along a spectrum of formality.
Triple Constraint
The three primary constraints of project management: scope, time (schedule), and cost. Quality is often considered a fourth interrelated factor.
Unmanaged Solution
Solutions implement an application lifecycle management process. Unmanaged solutions are primarily used in development environments when changes are still being made to an application.
Waterfall
A traditional, sequential project management methodology where each phase (requirements, design, implementation, verification, maintenance) must be completed before the next begins.
Work Breakdown Structure
A hierarchical decomposition of the total scope of work to be carried out by the project team to accomplish project objectives and create required deliverables.