Glossary
Manifst and agile management terms, one sentence each, with the article that covers them in detail.
#Organising the work
| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Super Epic | The highest level of the backlog: a major goal, a phase or a work package. See Super Epics and epics. |
| Epic | A group of tickets attached to a Super Epic, usually a feature. |
| Ticket | The unit of work, estimated and planned in a sprint (story, bug…). |
| Story points | The relative estimate of a ticket's effort, on the scale 0, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21. |
| Acceptance criterion | A condition that must be true for a ticket to be accepted. |
| Definition of Done | The shared criteria a ticket must meet to be considered done. |
| Sprint | A fixed-length work period (often two weeks) with a goal. |
| Velocity | Story points completed per sprint. |
| Capacity | The team's available person-days during a sprint. |
| Milestone | A key date on the roadmap: delivery, demo. |
| Dependency | An epic that can only start once another one is finished. |
| Transition rule | A condition placed on a status change. See Transition rules. |
| QA review | Checking a ticket criterion by criterion. See Review a ticket. |
| RACI | Responsible, Accountable, Consulted, Informed: who does what on each task. |
#Budget
| Term | Definition |
|---|
| BAC | The budget at completion declared for the project. |
| Contingency | The reserve for the unexpected, included in the BAC. |
| Daily rate | A person's daily rate, which values their logged time. |
| Planned value (PV) | What should have been produced to date, in euros. |
| Earned value (EV) | What the completed work is worth, in euros. |
| Actual cost (AC) | What has been spent: logged time × daily rate. |
| CPI | Earned value ÷ actual cost: above 1, you spend less than you produce. |
| SPI | Earned value ÷ planned value: above 1, you are ahead. |
| EAC | The forecast cost at completion if the trend continues. |
| TCPI | The CPI you would need to hold until the end to stay within the BAC. |
How it is calculated: How Manifst calculates the budget.
#Flow and forecasts
| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Cycle time | From a ticket's start to its finish. |
| Lead time | From a ticket's creation to its finish. |
| Throughput | The number of tickets completed per week. |
| Work in progress (WIP) | Tickets started and not yet finished. |
| Likely / safe lead time | The time met by one ticket in two / by 85% of tickets. |
| Likely / safe finish | The date reached in one simulation in two / in 85% of simulations. |
In detail: Flow metrics and Forecasts.
#Account and subscription
| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Plan | An account's subscription level: Starter, Team, Portfolio, Enterprise. |
| Plan capability | A feature unlocked by your own account's plan. See Plans and capabilities. |
| Scrum role | Your role in a project, which decides your permissions. See Roles and permissions. |
| AI credits | The unit of consumption of AI features. See AI credits. |
| MCP | The protocol that connects an AI assistant (Claude, ChatGPT, Le Chat) to Manifst. See AI assistants. |
