Questions tagged [deliverables]

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Is it possible to have process outputs that are not products?

I always thought that a process has to have an output in terms of a deliverable. However, I found the following in the ISO 12207: process outcome observable result of the successful achievement of the process purpose Note 1 to entry: An outcome…
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What decision should I take regarding a team of front-end developers which delivers unstable releases

I own a front-end development team who's task is to develop a single page web application based on Angular technology stack. Product is currently in beta stage and never been public, only client team and the team of testers have access to this. The…
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Should a Statement of Work (SOW) include "coding style" under the Client Obligations section?

I am hiring a contracting firm to rewrite a small application for my group. The dev team is going to be a single person. Based on past experiences with other developers, I'm concerned that the code produced is going to be functional, but…
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What are the best ways to specify project deliverables to non technical persons

I have a list of deliverables below (draft) Client Side User interface design for mobile app Registration module to allow end user register to the system by providing their personal information and CV Job listing to allow end-user to browse through…
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What is the difference between Smart Goals and Deliverables?

I understand that deliverables are tangible outcomes while goals are generic. But when we craft SMART goals they sometimes resemble deliverables. I am not able to get my head around separating SMART goals and deliverables sometimes. It becomes very…
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Combining WBS structure types; deliverable oriented and task oriented

I'm fairly new to this. I'm trying to build a WBS for communications equipment installation. This requires things like licenses, electrical conduit, parts ordering, and outsourcing to other organizations. It seems that a deliverable oriented WBS…
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Patent Application Development Artifacts

From the inventor perspective that has a patent-attorney-team developing a nonprovisional patent application, I am trying to put together a plan comprising a list of deliverables (to be produce by patent attorneys), each with an estimated date.…
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Product Breakdown Structure, deliverables for Software

I am currently doing a breakdown of products for a piece of software. If I have the Software as a collective grouping should documents for the software be a collective grouping and then broken down further or would documents be individual products…
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How to deal with the similar deliverable in my impact map?

I'm tasting specification by example in my project e-Travel. It's a simple project about travel expenses reimbursement. 1. The flow is simple: Employee does business travel by assignment. When he returns, the employee posts a claim for the expenses…
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How to handle poor delivery from an Outsourced relationship?

To place in context, I made a document that went to tender where I stated the objectives and timeframe of the product, but because of an NDA I couldn't be explicit with a lot of it in case the potential tenderers saw a benefit of making it on their…
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What is the best way to connect themes, Resource Allocation, Projects and Book of Work?

I wanted to get feedback on if anyone has a really good way of when looking and trying to visualize a book of work or a roadmap, to connect: Investment Themes Resource Allocation Projects & Deliverables I really don't want to get into a micro…
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WBS and Project Planning

It can look like repetitive, but I come again with the same question from here about WBS and planning deliverables. I was "advised" in a meeting recently to include a planning deliverable leg. And a WBS deliverable at n-level if I want to measure…
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WBS and Project management

I have 2 doubts about the WBS and project management and the ongoing progress of the project. WBS is decomposition of a project into deliverables. The lowest level or unit of work within a deliverable is a work package. In a work package we can…
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How to create deliverables column in Gantt chart?

I’m taking Intro to Project Management online and the instructor has required us to produce Gantt charts with deliverables prominently in their own column on the far right. We can use any software we want, as long as it looks good and professional.…
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Release Manager vs Delivery Manager. What's different about the roles?

So I have this confusion about the roles of Release Manager and Delivery Manager. I thought they were the same thing but apparently I'm incorrect in believing that. From what I could piece together, both roles are about releasing stuff and taking…
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