front-loads
Concentrates effort early
Front-loads means to concentrate costs, effort, or resources at the beginning of a process rather than spreading them evenly.
A front-loaded mortgage has higher early payments.
A front-loaded schedule puts the hardest work first.
The project front-loads most of the research into the first quarter.
The term comes from washing machines where clothes are loaded through a door in front rather than on top.
Gradual debt reduction schedule
- interestAttention, stake, or fee
- paymentsMoney given for obligations
- feesCosts for services
- commissionsPayments for services rendered
charges · costs · expenses · principal · loan · mortgage · depreciation · deductions
Temporary data accumulation
- preloadingLoading content ahead of time
- cachingTemporary local storage
- processingSystematic operation on data
- dataFacts for analysis
rendering · initialization · streaming · prefetching · memory · resources · queue · execution
Ranks by importance
- sequencingDetermining element order
- schedulingAssigning times to events
- planningArranging for future events
- orderingPlacing in sequence
arranging · allocating · concentrating · stacking · batching · clustering · grouping · timing
Units of work
- deadlinesSubmission cutoff times
- workloadAssigned task volume
- projectsOrganized efforts toward goals
- assignmentsAllocated duties or tasks
effort · labor · production · sprints · milestones · deliverables · crunch · intensity
Transported goods
- shipmentsGoods being transported
- containersObjects for holding things
- trucksHeavy cargo vehicles
- deliveriesGoods brought somewhere
pallets · freight · inventory · dock · warehouse · distribution · dispatching · hauling
amortization
Gradual debt reduction schedule
commissions · charges · costs · expenses · principal · loan · mortgage · depreciation · deductions · premiums
buffering
Temporary data accumulation
- preloadingLoading content ahead of time
- cachingTemporary local storage
- processingSystematic operation on data
data · rendering · initialization · streaming · prefetching · memory · resources · queue · execution · computation
prioritizes
Ranks by importance
- sequencingDetermining element order
- schedulingAssigning times to events
- planningArranging for future events
ordering · arranging · allocating · concentrating · stacking · batching · clustering · grouping · timing · staging
tasks
Units of work
assignments · effort · labor · production · sprints · milestones · deliverables · crunch · intensity · hours
cargo
Transported goods
- shipmentsGoods being transported
- containersObjects for holding things
- trucksHeavy cargo vehicles
deliveries · pallets · freight · inventory · dock · warehouse · distribution · dispatching · hauling · trailers