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Sign-off

Meaning in project management, with examples

/ˈsaɪn ɔːf/nounCore term

In project management, sign-off means: Formal approval from an authorised person that a deliverable, phase or document is complete and acceptable, so the project can move on.

In Turkish: resmi onay, onay, kabul onayı

How it is used

Used all through a project, not only at the end. You need, get, give or wait for sign-off from the client or sponsor. The verb is sign off (two words), often with on in American English: sign off on the design.

Example sentences

  1. We can't start development until we get sign-off on the final designs.

  2. The client signed off the user acceptance tests on Friday, so we're ready for go-live.

Common collocations

  • get sign-off
  • final sign-off
  • sign off on
  • client sign-off
  • formal sign-off
  • deliverableA 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.
  • acceptance criteriaThe specific, agreed conditions that a deliverable or user story must meet before the client or product owner will accept it as complete.
  • project closureThe final phase of a project, when the work is formally completed: deliverables are accepted, contracts are closed, the team is released and documents and lessons are archived.
  • 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.

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