In project management, subject matter expert means: A person with deep knowledge of a particular area, such as tax law, a production line or an old IT system, whose advice the project needs.
In Turkish: konu uzmanı, alan uzmanı
How it is used
Usually shortened to SME, said letter by letter (S-M-E) or sometimes as “smee”. SMEs are often part-time on a project: they are consulted, review requirements and help with testing.
Example sentences
We need a subject matter expert from the tax department to check these invoice rules.
Our subject matter experts can give the project only one day a week.
Common collocations
subject matter expert
SME input
involve the SMEs
technical subject matter expert
Related terms
cross-functional teamA team made up of people with different skills or from different departments, such as IT, finance, sales and operations, who work together on the same goal.
requirementSomething that the final product or result must do or have, as agreed with the client or users, for example a function, a performance level or a legal rule.
RACI matrixA table that shows, for each task or decision, who is Responsible for doing it, who is Accountable for it, who must be Consulted and who must be kept Informed.
resourceAnything a project needs to do its work, especially people, but also equipment, materials, money and time.
