project management glossary

customer furnished equipment (cfe)

 Equipment provided to the contractor doing the project by the customer for the project and typically specified in the contract.

customer perspective

 The view that displays how the customers are to be satisfied in order to achieve the project or program mission successfully.

customer personnel, client personnel

 Those individuals working for the organization that will assume responsibility for the product produced by the project when the project is complete.

cutoff date

 The ending date in a reporting period.

cutover

 The event or action that takes place when the product, service, or project element contracted for by the client is placed in operation or turned over to the client (i.e. transferred to the ïcare, custody and controlÍ of the users.)