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Roll out

Meaning in project management, with examples

/ˌroʊl ˈaʊt/phrasal verbCommon term

In project management, roll out means: To introduce a new system, product, process or policy to its users, often step by step, for example first to one office and then to the whole company.

In Turkish: yaygınlaştırmak, devreye almak, kullanıma sunmak

How it is used

Used in IT, retail, HR and business change. Things are rolled out to users, regions or stores. The noun is rollout (or roll-out): a phased rollout, a global rollout, the rollout plan.

Example sentences

  1. We'll roll out the new expense app to the Istanbul office first and to the other offices in June.

  2. The rollout was paused after users in the pilot region reported login problems.

Common collocations

  • roll out to
  • phased rollout
  • rollout plan
  • global rollout
  • go-liveThe moment when a new system, website or process starts to be used for real work by real users, after development and testing are complete.
  • phaseOne of the main stages a project is divided into, such as design, build or testing, each with its own goals and deliverables.
  • handoverThe formal transfer of a finished product, a system or a piece of work, along with the knowledge and documents needed, from the project team to the people who will use or support it.
  • project planA document, or set of documents, that explains how a project will be carried out: its scope, schedule, budget, resources, risks and how it will be controlled.

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