Apportioned Effort (AE)
The term apportioned effort refers to energies put forth for application into project-related work that is incapable of being easily and readily divisible into discrete efforts for those tasks but rather, in fact, is related in a direct proportion to measurable discrete work efforts. As such, the existence of apportioned effort relies specifically and directly on the performance of other efforts. One example of apportioned effort in action is that of the quality assurance division within a major corporation. That quality assurance division is specifically and wholly reliant on the performance of the manufacturing team as a whole. Those factors that are determined to be applicable to the apportioned effort must be evenly distributed and well documented. From a financial standpoint, apportioned effort can be budgeted separately, or it can be budgeted as its own line item as part of the main umbrella project. The direct contrast to apportioned effort is discrete effort.
This term is defined in the 3rd edition of the PMBOK but not in the 4th.
Related Posts
- Discrete Effort
The concept of discrete effort applies directly to the specific work efforts that can be directly traced and identified as having a direct tie to ultimate completion of the project-related work breakdown structure components as well as the deliverables. It is essential that all of these efforts be directly measurable. To elaborate on this term, [...]
- Level of Effort (LOE)
The phrase level of effort in the sphere of project management can and typically does have reference to any particular support type activity that customarily does not lend itself to the ultimate establishment via measure of the sum total of discrete accomplishment. The phrase level of effort, when the desire to be brief exists, can [...]
- Effort
The term effort refers to the specific and quantifiable count and/or measure of definable labor units that it is deemed are to be required in the attempts to arrive at completion of a phase (or of the entirety) of a particular schedule activity and/or work breakdown structure component, a distinct control account, or the project [...]
- Perform Quality Assurance (QA)
Throughout all of industry, one constant significant element exists for companies to ponder over, and that is the act of making sure that each and every item of note is done or produced according to a specific and rigid standard that has been predefined. This is the act of quality assurance. In terms of the [...]
- Acronyms and Abbreviations
The following list includes all common acronyms and abbreviations that are used in the world of project management. Terms are linked to definitions where available. Please let me know if you miss an abbreviation or an acronym! I will also extend this list from time to time. However, this list is supposed to include only [...]