Scope - The sum of the products, services,  and results to be provided as a project.

Scope Baseline - The approved version of a scope statement, work breakdown structure (WBS). and its associated WBS dictionary that can be changed using formal change control procedures and is used as a basis for comparison to actual results. 

Scope Creep - When a project's scope is changed or expanded after the project has begun. Scope creep often result from poorly defined project scope, miscommunication, or project mismanagement. Scope creep can be costly to businesses and impede the progress of a project's development. 

Scrum Master - Facilitates the use of Agile methodologies within a team.  While Project Managers oversee a project from start to finish, Scrum Masters work with the teams and individuals to ensure that the objectives are met. 

Security Incident - Unauthorized access to personal data or non-public data the service provider believes could reasonably result in the  use, disclosure or theft of a public jurisdiction's unencrypted personal data or non-public data within the possession or control of the service provider.  A security incident may or may not turn into a data breach. 

Services – The furnishing of labor, time, expertise or effort, not involving the delivery of a specific end commodity or product other than one that may be incidental to the required performance.

Service Provider - The contractor and its employee, subcontractors, agents and affiliates wo are providing the services aggreged to under the contract. 

Software-as-a-Service  - The capability provided to the consumer to use the provider’s applications running on a cloud infrastructure. The applications are accessible from various client devices through a thin-client interface such as a Web browser (e.g., Web-based email) or a program interface. The consumer does not manage or control the underlying cloud infrastructure including network, servers, operating systems, storage or even individual application capabilities, with the possible exception of limited user-specific application configuration settings. 

Software Development Lifecycle - A step-by-step project management framework for developing software from beginning to end. This cycle usually includes brainstorming, planning, writing code, launching the product, and maintaining it over time.

Solicitation – A written or oral attempt made by the state to obtain bids or proposals for the purpose of entering into a contract. 

Specification - A precise statement of the needs to be satisfied and the essential characteristics that are required.

Spending Unit – A department, bureau, division, office, board, commission, authority, agency or institution of state government for which an appropriation is requested by the Governor, or to which an appropriation is made by the Legislature, unless a specific exemption from W. Va. Code 5A-1 is provided. 

Sponsor - A person or group who provides resources and support for the project, program, or portfolio and is accountable for enabling success. 

Sprint - A short time interval within a project during which a usable and potentially releasable increment of the product is created.

Stakeholder -  An individual, group, or organization that may affect, be affected by, or perceive itself to be affected by a decision, activity, or outcome of the project, program, or portfolio.

Stakeholder Analysis - A method of systematically gathering and analyzing quantitative and qualitative information to determine whose interests should be taken into account throughout the project. 

Stakeholder Register - A project documentation that includes information about project stakeholders including an assessment and classification of project stakeholders.

Standard - A document established by an authority, custom, or general consent as a model or example.

Statement of Work - A document that outlines the boundaries of a project for a team and their client, indication the work they will and will not do. As a result, and SOW acts as a single source of truth for all stakeholders and contains the project scope statement for reference. 

Statewide Contract – An open-end contract issued by the Purchasing Division and made available to all state agencies to purchase frequently used commodities and services.

Status Meeting - A regularly  scheduled meeting to exchange and analyze information about the currently progress of the project and its performance.

Status Report - A report on the current status of the project.

Steering Committee - A advisory body of senior stakeholders who provide direction and support for the project team and make decisions outside the project team's authority.  

Strategic Plan - A high-level document that explains an organization's vision and mission plus the approach that will be adopted to achieve this mission and vision, including the specific goals and objectives to be achieved during the period covered by the document.  

Stringing – Issuing a series of requisitions or dividing or planning procurements to circumvent the agency’s delegated procurement threshold or otherwise avoid the use of sealed bids.

SWOT - An acronym that stands for Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats. It is a strategic planning tool used to identify and analyze these four elements related to a business, project, or situation. 

SWOT Analysis - Is a tool used in project management to analyze a project's strengths and weaknesses so that stakeholders know what to expect before undertaking the project. SWOT stands for "Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats".