No.
Term Definition(+Source)
1 Activity Refers to the process of parsing a project
into a number of individual tasks which
must be completed before the
deliverables can be considered
completed.
(http://project-management-
knowledge.com/definitions/a/activity-
definition/)
2 Alliance An arrangement or relationship among
independent businesses with
corresponding goals, established for a
specific purpose and often for reducing
costs and improving customer service.
(http://www.businessdictionary.com/defin
ition/business-
alliance.html#ixzz2rRU2tXci)
3 Beneficiary Person or entity (e.g., a charity or estate)
that receives a benefit from something
(e.g., a trust, life-insurance policy, or
contract) (http://www.merriam-
webster.com/dictionary/beneficiary)
4 Concept note A brief summary of an idea for a project.
(Collins English Dictionary)
Example Source of Example
The range of economic activity
indicators shows the employment
status and working patterns of
people living in urban and rural
areas.
Pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly
has been forming alliances for
nearly a century and was the first
in their industry to establish an
office devoted to alliance
management.
You are the lucky beneficiary of
this special offer.
In the concept note organise the
background materials under two
sections:The problem and its
urgency and What has already
been done.
Romanian
equivalent
http://www.defra.gov.uk/stati Activitate
stics/rural/the-rural-
economy/economic-activity/
http://smallbusiness.chron.co Alian
m/examples-successful-
strategic-alliances-
13859.html
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ Beneficiar
beneficiary
http://www.naarm.ernet.in/na Brour
iphelpdesk/index.php?
option=com_content&view=
article&id=370&Itemid=214
&limitstart=4
5 Depreciate A noncash expense that reduces the value
of an asset as a result of wear and tear,
age, or obsolescence.
(http://www.investorwords.com/1416/dep
reciation.html#ixzz2rRWgIuGj)
6 Donor Someone who gives things such as
money or goods to an organization,
especially one that helps people.
(http://www.macmillandictionary.com/di
ctionary/british/donor)
7 Eligibility The quality or state of being fit, worthy,
or qualified, as for an office or function.
(Collins English Dictionary)
8 Evidence Facts or signs that show clearly that
something exists or is true. (Longman
Dictionary of Contemporary English)
9 Exile The condition of someone being sent or
kept away from their own country,
village, etc., especially for political
reasons.(Cambridge Dictionary)
10 Input When you impute something, you name
the cause of something that has
happened.
(http://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/i
mpute)
11 Impact Measure of the tangible and intangible
effects (consequences) of one thing's or
entity's action or influence upon another.
(http://www.businessdictionary.com/defin
The depreciation of a country's
currency refers to a decrease in
the value of that country's
currency.
Film studio DreamWorks was
one of the most popular donors in
2012.
Federal law requires you, as an
employer, to verify an employee's
eligibility to work in the United
States.
At present we have no evidence
of life on other planets.
Napoleon Bonaparte was exiled
by the Allied governments to Elba
following his abdication at
Fontainebleau and landed on the
island on 4 May 1814.
Inputs are classified under costs
in accounting.
The negative impacts of tourism
development can gradually
destroy the environmental
resources on which it depends.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Depreciere
Currency_appreciation_and_
depreciation
http://finance.yahoo.com/ne Donator
ws/the-ten-companies-
making-the-biggest-political-
donations.html?page=all
http://www.sba.gov/content/f Capacitate
oreign-workers-immigration-
and-employee-eligibility
http://www.ldoceonline.com/ Eviden
dictionary/evidence_1
http://www.napoleonguide.co Exil
m/elba.htm
http://www.businessdictionar Furnizare
y.com/definition/inputs.html
http://www.gdrc.org/uem/eco Influen
-tour/envi/index.html
 ition/impact.html#ixzz2rRkB4Fbe)
12 Implementation Implementation is the realization of an
application, or execution of a plan, idea,
model, design, specification, standard,
algorithm, or policy.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Implementa
tion)
13 Manipulated To manage or influence skillfully,
especially in an unfair manner.
(http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/
manipulate)
14 Monitoring Supervising activities in progress to
ensure they are on-course and on-
schedule in meeting the objectives and
performance targets.
(http://www.businessdictionary.com/defin
ition/monitoring.html#ixzz2rRszT4Xs)
15 Milestone A significant event or stage in the life,
progress, development, or the like of a
person, nation, etc.
(http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/
milestone)
16 Output An amount of something produced by a
person, machine, factory, country, etc.
(http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictiona
ry/british/output)
17 Risk The risks associated with ineffective,
destructive or underperforming
management, which hurts shareholders
The implementation of these http://ideas.repec.org/p/dgr/u Implementare
new prices in one single step mamet/2008036.html
might not be desirable, for
example, because of the change
in contract prices for the
customers.
China claims that it manages its http://www.slate.com/articles Manipulat
currency to ensure domestic /news_and_politics/explainer
stability and not to manipulate /2012/10/china_currency_ma
trading partners. nipulation_how_does_it_har
m_the_u_s_and_what_can_
we_do.html
Monitoring is the continuous http://www.unep.org/pcmu/p Monitorizare
process of assessing the status of roject_manual/Manual_chapt
project implementation in relation ers/monitoring_reporting.pdf
to the approved work plan and
budget.
Milestones are frequently used http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Progres
to monitor progress, but there are Milestone_
limitations to their effectiveness. %28project_management
%29
Most project management http://www.mosaicprojects.c Producie
outputs are used within the om.au/WhitePapers/WP1042
project to manage the work. _Outputs_Outcomes_Benefit
s.pdf
Risk management should http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Risc
explicitly address uncertainty and Risk_management
assumptions.
 and the company or fund being managed.
(http://www.investopedia.com/terms/m/m
anagementrisk.asp)
18 Sustainability Sustainability could be defined as an
ability or capacity of something to be
maintained or to sustain itself.
(http://www.landlearnnsw.org.au/sustain
ability/what-is-sustainability)
19 Teamwork Teamwork is when people work
collaboratively towards a
common goal as distinct from other ways
that individuals
can work within a group.
(Project_Management_Glossary_Of_Ter
ms.pdf)
20 Total float Time by which an activity may be
delayed or extended without affecting the
total project duration,
(http://www.brunswickis.co.uk/project-
management-glossary.asp)
21 Variation A change in scope or timing of work
which a supplier is obliged to do under a
contract,
(http://www.brunswickis.co.uk/project-
management-glossary.asp)
22 Verifiable The term refers to the ability of
accountants to ensure that accounting
information is what it purports to be.
Sustainability in Project
Management explores and
identifies the questions
surrounding the integration of the
concepts of sustainability in
projects and project management
and provides valuable guidance
and insights.
Teamwork is all about being
able to operate smoothly and
efficiently within a group.
Those in project management
must be aware of the total float
time they have available to them
at the beginning of the project.
A variation also arises if there is
a departure from any plans,
drawings, or specifications
contained in the contract.
More easily verifiable credits,
such as for landfill gas capture,
typically secure a higher price as
http://www.gowerpublishing. Sustenabilitate
com/isbn/9781409431695
http://targetjobs.co.uk/career Lucrul n echip
s-advice/skills-and-
competencies/300764-
teamwork-its-high-on-the-
graduate-recruiters-wishlist
http://project-management- Program
knowledge.com/definitions/t/
total-float/
http://www.contractorsdebtre Variaie
covery.com.au/articles/Variat
ions.pdf
http://www.wordhippo.com/ Veridic
what-is/sentences-with-the-
word/verifiable.html
 (http://www.answers.com/topic/verifiable
#ixzz2rS1SN8Si)
23 Work The amount of effort applied to produce
a deliverable or to accomplish a task,
(http://www.brunswickis.co.uk/project-
management-glossary.asp)
24 Quality The standards and criteria to which the
projects products must be delivered for
them to perform effectively.
(http://cnx.org/content/m31434/latest/)
25 Task The smallest identifiable and essential
piece of a job that serves as a unit of
work, and as a means of differentiating
between the various components of a
project.
(http://www.businessdictionary.com/defin
ition/task.html#ixzz2rS7IxWVy)
an offset.
Working in a big company you
become a part of a large
diaspora.
Quality is focused not only on
product/service feature, but also
on the means to achieve it.
The last PrepCom could be
assigned the additional tasks of
procedural preparations for the
next Review Conference, of
course.
http://onstartups.com/tabid/3 Lucru
339/bid/33111/7-Reasons-
Why-You-Need-To-Work-
For-A-Big-Company.aspx
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Calitate
Quality_management
http://sentence.yourdictionar Activitate
y.com/task