| Crash point | The most a project activity time can realistically be compressed with the resources available to the organization.
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| Crash time | The shortest time an activity can be completed (assuming a reasonable level of resources).
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| Direct costs | Costs that are clearly charged to a specific work package—usually labor, materials, or equipment.
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| Fast-tracking | Accelerating project completion typically by rearranging the network schedule and using start-to-start lags.
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| Indirect costs | Costs that cannot be traced to a particular project or work package.
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| Outsourcing | Contracting for the use external sources (skills) to assist in implementing a project.
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| Phase project delivery | Delivering useful parts of a project in phases instead of when the project is entirely completed.
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| Project cost--duration graph | A graph that plots project cost against time; it includes direct, indirect, and total cost for a project over a relevant range of time.
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