project management glossary

total anticipated expenditures (tae)

The sum of work-to-date plus obligations plus planned future expenditures, all in the current fiscal year.

total certainty

All information is known.

total cost

The calculated cost of a project, task or resource over the life of a project.

total expenditure to date

The sum of all costs, direct and indirect, for a particular activity, work package or whole project, up to the most recent cutoff date. See also Expenditure To Date.

total float (tf)

The maximum number of work periods by which an activity can be delayed from its early start or lengthened without delaying project completion or violating a target finish date, assuming that all other activities are done in their normal time.

Total float is is calculated using the formula:
Total Float = Latest Finish - Earliest Start - Duration.