Earned Value – A method for measuring project performance. It compares the amount of work that was planned with what was actually accomplished to determine if cost and schedule performance is as planned.

Effort – The number of labor units required to complete an activity or other project element. Usually expressed as staff hours, staff days, or staff weeks. Should not be confused with duration.

Enterprise Resource Planning - It is a type of software that organizations use to manage and integrate the core parts of their businesses. 

Estimate – An assessment of the likely quantitative result. Usually applied to project costs and durations and should always include some indication of accuracy (e.g., +/- x percent). Usually used with a modifier (e.g., preliminary, conceptual, feasibility). Some application areas have specific modifiers that imply particular accuracy ranges (e.g., order-of-magnitude estimate, budget estimate, and definitive estimate in engineering and construction projects).

Estimate At Completion – The expected total cost of an activity, a group of activities, or of the project when the defined scope of work has been completed. Most techniques for forecasting EAC include some adjustment of the original cost estimate based on project performance to date. Also shown as "estimated at completion." Often shown as EAC = Actuals-to-date + ETC.

Estimate To Complete – The expected additional cost needed to complete an activity, a group of activities, or the project. Most techniques for forecasting ETC include some adjustment to the original estimate based on project performance to date. Also called "estimated to complete."

Ethics – In the conduct of their operations, state organizations and their employees will employ information technology in a legal and ethical manner consistent with government statutes, rules, and regulations. Information technology will not be used for purposes that are unrelated to the state organization’s mission or violates state or federal law. Contract provisions, including software licensing agreements, will be strictly enforced.

Exception Reporting – The process of documenting those situations where there are significant deviations from the specifications of a project. The assumption is made that the project will be developed within established boundaries. When the process falls outside of those boundaries, a report is made on why this deviation occurred.

ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) - A data processing framework commonly used in data warehousing and business intelligence.