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The ABC analysis is a technique for prioritising elements based on their significance. It categorises items into three groups: A for the most important, B for moderately important, and C for the least important elements. This method helps efficiently allocate resources and highlight critical tasks.

Acceptance criteria are clear and measurable conditions that specify when a feature, product, function, or project can be considered successfully completed and accepted. In agile project management, they serve as guidelines - similar to acceptance criteria in traditional project management - to ensure that the results meet the expectations and requirements of stakeholders.

An activity is a clearly defined work step within a project with a defined start and end.

Activity duration refers to the time required to perform a specific task in the work calendar.

The actual cost of work performed correspond to the current costs incurred for the completion of a specific project phase or task.

Agile close-out refers to concluding projects conducted in an agile environment. This involves handing over project results, addressing open issues, and conducting a lessons-learned session to gather insights for future projects.

Agile estimation is a method for relatively estimating the effort involved in various entries in the product backlog. These estimates are often made in the form of story points or similar metrics and are typically carried out within the team.

The Agile Manifesto forms the basis for various agile project management frameworks and methods, such as Scrum. It defines fundamental values and principles that create a creative and structured framework for developing software products. It was created by a group of software developers to promote a flexible approach to software solutions development.

Agile project management is an approach characterised by increased flexibility and adaptability. It uses a range of non-linear planning methods and frameworks to efficiently and effectively realise projects. Approaches include Scrum, Kanban, Lean Management, Crystal Clear, and Extreme Programming.

Agility, in project management, describes an organisational unit's ability to adapt flexibly to changing requirements, market conditions, and customer desires. Agility emphasises close collaboration, self-organisation, flexibility, and feedback to achieve more efficient and customer-oriented results. In an agile environment, iterative and incremental approaches to work are used to enable a continuous value creation process.

Alternative objectives are different possible objectives for a project. The selection takes place in the project preparation phase and can be crucial for project success.

Approval criteria are contractual conditions that determine when a product, service or project can be considered completed or accepted and is therefore accepted. They therefore define which functionalities, performance characteristics and quality standards must be fulfilled in order for the delivery to be considered successful. Approval criteria serve as the basis for the evaluation and approval of customers or clients to ensure that the expected requirements have been met.

An assessment is a method for the diagnostic evaluation or estimation of factors such as performance, abilities, or conditions. It is also used to assess stakeholders, risks, or processes.

An audit is a systematic and independent examination aimed at verifying the compliance of actual processes and results with pre-established standards or guidelines. A successful audit confirms whether a framework is suitable for achieving the desired results or if improvements are necessary.

Authorisation refers to the permission to perform certain (legally effective) actions on behalf of an organisation or a project.

Autonomous project management, also referred to as autonomous project organisation, pure project organisation, or absolute project organisation, is an organisational form for large projects. In this structure, project management has full responsibility for all aspects of the project, including the disciplinary leadership of project personnel.