project management glossary

completion

 The process of finishing, see Complete.

completion date

 The calculated date for completion derived from estimating, planning and risk evaluation taking into account contingencies for identified risks.

 The date calculated by which the project could finish following careful estimating.

 The date calculated by which the project could finish following careful estimating, planning and risk analysis taking into account resource limitations and contingency.

complex

 See Project Complexity.

component

 A subsystem, assembly, subassembly or other major element of an end item

 A non-trivial, nearly independent, and replaceable part of a system that fulfills a clear function in the context of a well-defined architecture. A component conforms to and provides the physical realization of a set of interfaces.

component integration and test

 Assembling units into the next higher assembly and testing the integrated unit.