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Phase

Meaning in project management, with examples

/feɪz/nounCore term

In project management, phase means: One of the main stages a project is divided into, such as design, build or testing, each with its own goals and deliverables.

In Turkish: aşama, evre, faz

How it is used

Common in plans, contracts and status reports. Projects enter, complete or move to the next phase. People talk about phase 1, the design phase or a phased approach (delivering in stages).

Example sentences

  1. Phase 1 covers the three pilot stores; the rest of the country comes in phase 2.

  2. We can't move to the build phase until the design is signed off.

Common collocations

  • design phase
  • next phase
  • phase 1
  • phased approach
  • end of the phase
  • project lifecycleThe series of phases a project goes through from start to finish, commonly initiation, planning, execution, monitoring and control, and closure.
  • 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.
  • phase gateA formal checkpoint at the end of a project phase where decision-makers review the results and decide whether the project continues, changes direction or stops.
  • waterfallA traditional way of running projects in which work moves through fixed phases in order, such as requirements, design, build, test and handover, and each phase is finished before the next starts.

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