Definition

1. Adjective:

   • Suitable for or ready for delivery: Describes an item, product, or result that is in a state where it can be handed over to a client, customer, or the next stage in a process. It implies completion and readiness.

2. Noun:

   • Something that can be provided as the product of development or work: A tangible or intangible item that is produced and must be handed over to fulfill a contract, project milestone, or agreement. It is often a specific, agreed-upon output.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:

  • The final report is now deliverable to the client.
  • Ensure all components are tested and deliverable by Friday.

• Noun:

  • The key project deliverables include a detailed design document and a prototype.
  • Our first deliverable is a market analysis report due next month.

Advanced Usage

• "Contractual deliverable": An output explicitly specified and required by a contract.

  • The monthly progress report is a contractual deliverable.

• "Tangible vs. intangible deliverable": Distinguishing between physical products and services or reports.

  • The software code is an intangible deliverable, while the user manuals are tangible.

Variants and Related Words

• Deliver (verb): To take goods, letters, packages, or a product to a person or place.
• Delivery (noun): The act of delivering something.
• Undeliverable (adjective): Not able to be delivered.

Synonyms

• Adjective: Ready, transferable, shippable.
• Noun: Output, product, milestone, result.

Related Phrases

• "To meet deliverables": To successfully produce and provide the required outputs.

  • The team worked overtime to meet all project deliverables on time.

• "Scope of deliverables": The defined set of outputs a project promises to produce.

  • The scope of deliverables is outlined in Appendix A of the agreement.

Adjective

1. suitable for or ready for delivery

Noun

1. something that can be provided as the product of development
   • under this contract the deliverables include both software and hardware