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Closing out projects in agile environment. This includes:

• Handover of the project deliverables
• Tidying loose ends
• Lessons-learned

Relative estimation of the workload for the entries in the Product Backlog based on story points etc., usually in a team.

A set of management techniques for planning and realising projects by increasing agility. This includes all non-linear project planning methods, e.g. Scrum, Kanban, Lean Management, Crystal Clear, Extreme Programming.

Refined precedence relationship in a network diagram: time by which a conditional event (e.g. the start of an activity) can antedate the event upon which it is conditional (e.g. end of the predecessor activity). Expressed in terms of a negative time lag (also called lead time).

Evaluation. This term is generally used in conjunction with diagnostic monitoring.

Systematic, independent investigation to ascertain whether real processes and results conform to the effective description and whether this description is suitable for achieving the intended results.

Implementation of an audit.

The authority to perform (legally effective) acts on behalf of or within the scope of an organisation or project.

A form of organisation used in large-scale projects. The project manager assumes full responsibility for the project and is the disciplinary superior of the project team members. Also called pure or absolute project organisation.