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Deliverable

Meaning in project management, with examples

/dɪˈlɪvərəbəl/nounCore term

In project management, deliverable means: A specific product, document or result that a project must produce and hand over, for example a report, a design, a piece of software or a trained team.

In Turkish: çıktı, teslimat, teslim edilecek ürün

How it is used

Used in plans, contracts and status reports. Deliverables are defined, produced, reviewed, accepted and signed off. Each phase usually ends with one or more deliverables.

Example sentences

  1. The main deliverable of the discovery phase is a requirements document approved by the client.

  2. Two deliverables are late, but neither affects the launch date.

Common collocations

  • key deliverables
  • produce a deliverable
  • sign off a deliverable
  • project deliverables
  • final deliverable
  • scopeAll the work, features and results that a project has agreed to deliver, and by extension what it will not deliver.
  • milestoneAn important point or event in a project schedule, such as the end of a phase or the approval of a key document. It marks progress and takes no time itself.
  • sign-offFormal approval from an authorised person that a deliverable, phase or document is complete and acceptable, so the project can move on.
  • acceptance criteriaThe specific, agreed conditions that a deliverable or user story must meet before the client or product owner will accept it as complete.

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