Managing Stakeholders in Software Development Projects
By John McManus

Glossary of Terms

A

Adoption
Taking up and practicing or using as one s own.
Appraisal
An estimation or analysis of a proposed project to determine its acceptability and merit according to established criteria.
Agreement
An arrangement or contract as to a course of action; the language or instrument embodying such a contract.
Assessment
Determination of the importance, size, or other characteristics of a projects needs, market opportunities.

B

Barriers
Factors that prevent or impede the project or practices.

C

Capacity building
Increasing skilled personnel and technical and institutional capacity.
Community-driven projects
Project transfers initiated and lead by community organizations and entities with a high degree of collective decision-making.
Co-operation
Association of persons or institutions for common benefit. Generally used to denote the collaboration for purposes of spreading practices or know-how.

D

Diffusion
The spread of practices or know-how from one area or group of people to others by contact.
Direct investment
Capital invested for the purpose of acquiring a long-term interest in an enterprise and of exerting a degree of influence on that enterprises operations.

E

Evaluation
Periodic assessment of efficiency, performance, relevance, and impact of a project in the context of stated objectives. It is an objective examination assessing the meeting of tasks by the supplier, identifying best practice for further projects, resources required for the future and the need for future projects.

F

Full-cost pricing
The pricing of commercial goods that would include in the final...
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