Specialist dictionary

Projects and delivery

Terms for scope, milestones, dependencies, risks, resources, delivery and project control.

Core vocabulary

14 featured terms

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Capacitynoun

The power of receiving or containing; extent of room or space; passive power; -- used in reference to physical things.

Contingencynoun

Union or connection; the state of touching or contact.

Deliververb

To set free from restraint; to set at liberty; to release; to liberate, as from control; to give up; to free; to save; to rescue from evil actua…

Deliverableadjective

Capable of being, or about to be, delivered; necessary to be delivered.

Dependencynoun

State of being dependent; dependence; state of being subordinate; subordination; concatenation; connection; reliance; trust.

Executeverb

To follow out or through to the end; to carry out into complete effect; to complete; to finish; to effect; to perform.

Implementnoun

That which fulfills or supplies a want or use; esp., an instrument, toll, or utensil, as supplying a requisite to an end; as, the implements of…

Integrateverb

To form into one whole; to make entire; to complete; to renew; to restore; to perfect.

Iterationnoun

Recital or performance a second time; repetition.

Milestonenoun

A stone serving the same purpose as a milepost.

Mitigateverb

To make less severe, intense, harsh, rigorous, painful, etc.; to soften; to meliorate; to alleviate; to diminish; to lessen; as, to mitigate hea…

Pilotnoun

One employed to steer a vessel; a helmsman; a steersman.

Scopenoun

That at which one aims; the thing or end to which the mind directs its view; that which is purposed to be reached or accomplished; hence, ultima…

Sequencenoun

The state of being sequent; succession; order of following; arrangement.