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deliverable

deliverable

4 5.1
A thing, like a report or file, that a project must give to a client
  • noun
  • /dɪˈlɪvərəbəl/
  • Jargon
translation icon : entregable
  • The following major deliverables were required in all treatment conditions.
  • project deliverables
  • course deliverables
  • major deliverable

There's a project, there's a deliverable, there's client expectations, there's my boss.

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Examples

  • The first deliverable, due in week five, is a presentation on how the team organized and the team's business idea.

    Academic text (2017)
  • Through joint discussion with the client, project deliverables and team activities are identified.

    Academic text (1993)
  • Post your team's progress on all deliverables to the course website.

    Academic text (2005)
  • The major deliverable is a professionally bound written report containing the following elements: cover page; table of contents.

    Academic text (2001)
  • Each team will be responsible for completing a specific set of deliverables for the project.

    Academic text (2005)
  • Project requirements can then be tracked throughout the project and tied to the deliverables that meet the requirements.

    Academic text (2011)
  • During the planning phase, the project team identifies the deliverables the team expects to provide to the client upon project completion.

    Academic text (2001)
  • Deliverables for Phase I are the bench-top experiment itself and data showing the system's performance.

    Academic text (2009)
  • Your grade on the project will be determined by the quality of the deliverables and by your classmates' evaluations of your performance.

    Academic text (2005)
  • Each team will be responsible for completing a specific set of deliverables for the project.

How Complete

end product
9 3.3
deliverable
  • Jargon
4 5.1
draft
  • Specialized
245 3.7
idea
1.0

Surface Forms

deliverable singular
deliverables plural

Morphology

deliverable = deliverable (semi-transparent) = deliver + able

The noun is a converted use of the adjective 'deliverable'; the project-management sense is a specialized extension of the adjective's meaning.

Etymology

Deliverable as a noun comes from the verb deliver and the ending -able meaning 'able to be', with an old link to liber ('free'). So a deliverable is a thing you can 'hand over' to a client or team in a project.