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| Waiver - Intentional or voluntary relinquishment of a known right or conduct that warrants an inference that the right has been relinquished. Under the doctrine of waiver, a party can relinquish rights he or she has under the contract. For example, the right to strict performance is waived if the contractor delivers incomplete or defective products or delivers after the scheduled date and the project manager does not object or demand that the defects be corrected. |
| Walk-through - (1) A peer review and examination of the requirements, design or implementation of a project by qualified experts to ensure that the project objectives will be met. (2) Process used by software developers whereby a group of knowledgeable peers mentally step through the design and logic flow of a program with test cases to identify errors and inconsistencies. (3) Rehearsal of an operational procedure by stimulating the execution of all its steps except those that are high risk or prohibitively expensive. |
| Work Acceptance - Work is considered accepted when it is conducted, documented, and verified according to acceptance criteria provided in the technical specifications and contract documents. |
| Work Authorization - Permission for specific work to be performed during a specific period; generally used in cases where work is to be performed in segments because of technical or funding limitations. |
| Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) - A product- or deliverable-based grouping of project work that defines the scope of work for the project. The WBS does not identify organization or responsibility, nor does it describe dependencies between products. |
| Workflow - Activities or steps that add or change a product or service as the process develops. These are activities or steps the customer views as important. |
| Work Plans, County - These plans (one for each county) outline the component of effort that county stakeholders must employ in support of a statewide implementation. County work plans are integrated into the overall project schedule via guidance and coordination provided by the project office. |
| Work Plans, Project Office - Detailed descriptions of work activities performed by the project office in carrying out the duties of the project office. The work plans are derived from and traceable to the WBS elements, include interfaces from the prime contractor schedule, county schedules, and form the basis for network diagramming, critical path analysis, and the creation of the master project schedule. |
| Work Products - An item (usually a document or software) produced by the project office. |
