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Schedule goals are defined points in time by which certain project milestones should be achieved.

Schedule management involves planning and monitoring project schedules and deadlines for specific activities and is part of time management.

Schedule planning refers to setting and optimising dates and deadlines in the project, including assigning start and end dates to project phases or work packages. This combines individual work packages into a realistic timetable.

Scrum is a lean framework that helps people, teams, and organisations develop value-oriented, adaptive solutions to complex problems and to react flexibly and quickly to changes.

Scrum Artifacts are documents or tools that make the progress and value of work transparent in the Scrum process. These include the Product Backlog, Sprint Backlog, and Increment, each with a specific focus or goal.

Scrum Events are meetings in Scrum that take place in a defined sequence. They are also time-boxed to increase effectiveness. Meetings include Backlog Refinement Meeting, Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review, and Sprint Retrospective.

The Scrum Master is the person who fosters an agile environment within the team and serves as a point of contact for the developers. They take care of coaching the team, helping to remove obstacles, and ensuring that Scrum events are conducted effectively.

A Scrum Team is a small, self-organised, and interdisciplinary group of up to ten people. It consists of a Scrum Master, a Product Owner, and Developers. There are no sub-teams or hierarchies.

Scrum Values are five fundamental values that unite the team: commitment, focus, openness, respect, and courage.

The sender-receiver principle is a communication theory stating that all communication consists of sent and received messages. Even avoiding communication sends a message. Senders and receivers each have the task of correctly transmitting and understanding the message.

Service contracts are agreements in which one party commits to providing certain services.

A shareholder is a stakeholder in a company and owns shares that give them part ownership of the company. They are also stakeholders because they have a direct interest in the success of the project. Shareholders often invest in projects and are therefore interested in a high financial return. Their influence depends on the number of shares they hold.

Soft skills are personality traits, such as communication skills and behaviours, that contribute to navigating one's environment well and collaborating efficiently with others to achieve set goals.

Solution neutrality is a characteristic that is required of target definitions in a project. This means that the objectives should be clearly defined without prescribing or restricting the path to the solution.

A sponsor is someone who provides financial support, often for promotional purposes. In a project management context, the sponsor is often the project client.

Sponsor organisation is the collective term for various entities such as companies, authorities, and associations that initiate, finance, and set goals for projects. They are also referred to as project sponsors.

A Sprint is a defined period in which specific tasks are to be completed. Sprints are usually one month or shorter and include Scrum events such as Sprint Planning, Daily Scrums, Sprint Review, and Sprint Retrospective.

The Sprint Backlog is a list of tasks to be completed in the upcoming Sprint. It serves as the basis for the Sprint Goal, defining the central objectives of the Sprint.

A Sprint burn-down chart is a tool that displays the progress of a Sprint in real-time. It sets the remaining work in relation to the remaining time.

In the agile Scrum framework, a Sprint Goal is defined for each Sprint during Sprint Planning, and the content of the Sprint Backlog is determined on the basis of the Sprint Goal. The Sprint Goal is formulated by the Product Owner and serves as a target for the Developers. The Sprint Goal is the Developers' commitment to the Sprint Backlog. It should be SMART and answer the question: Why are we doing this Sprint? The Sprint Goal should not be changed during the Sprint.

The Sprint Planning Meeting marks the beginning of a new Sprint and is used to plan upcoming tasks. A plan is created that is supported by all team members. The duration of the meeting is proportional to the length of the Sprint.

The Sprint Retrospective provides Developers with the opportunity to analyse and improve processes and workflows from the previous Sprint. It usually takes place after the Sprint Review.

In the Sprint Review, the results of the Sprint are presented to the team and stakeholders. Progress toward the Product Goal is discussed.

The staff organisation is a hierarchical structure of a company that extends from employees through department heads to top management.

A stakeholder is a natural or legal person who has or could have an influence on the project, such as all individuals, organisations, etc., involved in or affected by the project.

Stakeholder analysis is a method of identifying and assessing the different interests and influence of stakeholders. The analysis is usually carried out using a matrix showing the influence of the stakeholders on the project and the impact of the project on the stakeholders.

Stakeholder management is a method for analysing and visualising the influence of stakeholders on a project. It systematically documents the interests and influence of all stakeholders, classifies them in a stakeholder matrix, and defines measures for interacting with stakeholders (e.g. communication, information, involvement in the project team or steering committee). The stakeholder matrix shows the impact of the project on the stakeholders and measures their influence on the success of the project.

A standard network diagram is a prepared network plan that can be used for multiple similar projects.

The standard sequence describes the relationship between two activities in a network plan. It is also referred to as an finish-to-start relationship. The standard sequence exists between the end of the predecessor activity and the start of the successor activity.

A standard WBS is a prefabricated work breakdown structure that can be reused for similar projects.

The start sequence describes the relationship between two activities in a network plan. It is also referred to as a start-to-start relationship. The start sequence exists between the start of the predecessor activity and the start of the successor activity.

The start-to-start sequence describes the relationship between two activities in a network plan. It is also referred to as a start-to-start relationship. The start-to-start sequence occurs between the start of the preceding process and the end of the subsequent process.

A steering committee, also known as a steering committee, project steering committee or project portfolio board, is a group of authorised persons consisting of various stakeholders such as clients, investors and sometimes also authorities. Their task is the strategic steering of a project.

Story Points are a relative unit of measurement in agile project development that assesses the effort or complexity of a task or feature. They are not directly linked to a specific time period, but serve to establish a comparison between different tasks in terms of their difficulty.

Storytelling in project management refers to the art of presenting information, concepts, or ideas in the form of a captivating and coherent narrative. It often uses narrative elements such as characters, conflicts, plotlines, and emotional aspects to convey complex issues in an understandable and engaging way.

Strategic project management refers to the selection and management of projects that align with the overall goals of a company. It is often conducted by high-level committees specialising in project selection, termination, and other major decisions.

Stress management includes various methods for coping with stress to improve the efficiency and well-being of project participants.

Structuring refers to the creation of organisational systems for various aspects of a project, such as tasks, resources, and costs. The project structure plan is central to this process.

The sub-project manager is responsible for leading a subproject and is part of the core project team.

Subsequent claim refers to a service or its payment that goes beyond the originally agreed contract framework. These claims are raised by one contracting party against the other.

An event is considered subsequent claim relevant if it has caused demonstrable and quantifiable loss, if the loss was caused by another party, and if there are both legal and claim-related reasons for it. Information about such events is also classified as subsequent claim relevant.

A subtask is a component of a project consisting of multiple interconnected work packages. Subtasks can be structured at different levels.

Supply processes include all preparatory and support activities, such as providing materials and equipment necessary for project execution.

Systemised summary documents only the most important results of a meeting.