OBOE is the On a Back of an Envelope glossary of project management terms.
- Acceptance Criteria
- Agile
- Agile Manifesto
- Agile Principles
- Agile Release Train (ART)
- AI Copilot
- Alpha Version
- Assumption
- Backlog
- Baseline
- Beta Version
- Change Control
- Change Control Board (CCB)
- Concept Design
- Contingency
- Critical Path
- Definition of Done (DoD)
- Deliverable
- Dependency
- DSDM Prototyping
- Epic
- Escalation
- Evolutionary Prototype
- Exception Report
- Extreme Programming (XP)
- Fast Tracking
- Float (Slack)
- Gantt Chart
- Governance
- Heath Robinson
- High-Fidelity Prototype
- Highlight Report
- Hybrid Project Management
- Information Radiator
- Iteration
- JFDI
- Johari Window
- Joint Application Development (JAD)
- Kanban
- Key Performance Indicator (KPI)
- Lead and Lag
- Lead Time
- Low-Fidelity Prototype
- Milestone
- Minimum Viable Product
- Minimum Viable Product (MVP)
- Mitigation
- Mock-up
- Monitoring and Controlling
- Monte Carlo Simulation
- MoSCoW analysis
- MVP
- MVP (Minimum Viable Product)
- Net Present Value (NPV)
- Network Diagram
- Nominal Group Technique (NGT)
- OBOE
- Optimism bias
- PID
- Pilot Project
- PINO
- PMI
- POAP
- Prince2
- Product Owner (PO)
- Project Burn
- Project Initiation Document
- Project On A Page
- Project Vision
- Proof of Concept (PoC)
- Proof of Value (PoV)
- Prototype
- Prototype Lifecycle
- Prototyping
- Psychological Safety
- Quality Gate
- Quality Management
- Quality Tolerance
- Quantitative Risk Analysis
- RAG Status
- RAID Log
- Retrospective
- Risk Register
- Rolling wave planning
- Sandbox Environment
- Scenario Planning
- Scope creep
- Scrum
- Scrum Master
- SEP
- Skunkworks
- Sprint
- Stakeholder Management
- Storyboard
- Throwaway Prototype
- Tolerance
- Uncertainty
- User Experience (UX)
- Value Stream Mapping (VSM)
- Variance at Completion (VAC)
- Virtual Team
- Vision Statement
- Waterfall
- Wireframe
- Work Breakdown
- Work Package
- XML (Extensible Markup Language)
- XP (Extreme Programming)
- YAGNI (“You Aren’t Gonna Need It”)
- Zero-Based Budgeting (ZBB)
- Zero Float