Project Management with the IBM® Rational Unified Process®: Lessons from the Trenches

Glossary

acquisition

The process of procuring a software system through a contract with an outside services provider (contractor).

actor

An entity outside a system’s boundaries that interacts with the system. An actor may be a user performing a certain role, or it could be another system, or even hardware.

ACWP

Actual Cost of Work Performed. A term associated with the use of Earned Value techniques for evaluating progress on a project. Actual Cost of Work Performed is a calculation of the funds expended to complete a portion of work.

adaptive planning

A method of planning and conducting a project in which detailed planning takes place only for activities planned for the immediate future. Planning for the longer term is at a high level at most ...