Project delivery language

Bring people, plans or decisions into sufficient agreement for work to proceed.

Remove ambiguity by making a meaning, responsibility, requirement or decision more explicit.

Arrange people, activities or dependencies so they occur in the right relationship and sequence.

Complete and make available an agreed output or outcome.

Carry out an agreed plan, decision or transaction.

Put an agreed policy, design, system or decision into practical operation.

Combine components, data or processes so they operate as a coherent whole.

Reduce the likelihood or impact of a risk without necessarily removing it.

A repeated cycle in which a solution is tested, learned from and improved.

A limited real-world implementation used to test an approach before wider rollout.

Bring an issue, conflict or uncertainty to a workable conclusion.

Define what a piece of work will and will not cover.

Arrange actions in an order that respects dependencies, risk and value.

Reduce unnecessary complexity while preserving the outcome or control that matters.

The amount of work or demand a system or workforce can handle in a period.

A relationship in which one action, decision or output relies on another.

A defined output a piece of work is expected to produce.

A significant point in a plan showing that a stage, decision or output has been reached.

A person or group with a meaningful interest in, influence over or exposure to an outcome.

A prepared alternative action, resource or allowance used if an identified uncertainty occurs.