deliverable (adj)

something that can be provided as the product of development

"under this contract the deliverables include both software and hardware"

deliverable (adj)

suitable for or ready for delivery

deliverable (Noun)

The tangible end product; that which will be delivered.

deliverable (Adjective)

Able to be delivered.

Deliverable

Deliverable is a term used in project management to describe a tangible or intangible object produced as a result of the project that is intended to be delivered to a customer. A deliverable could be a report, a document, a server upgrade or any other building block of an overall project. A deliverable may be composed of multiple smaller deliverables. It may be either an outcome to be achieved or an output to be provided. A deliverable differs from a project milestone in that a milestone is a measurement of progress toward an output whereas the deliverable is the result of the process. For a typical project, a milestone might be the completion of a product design while the deliverable might be the technical diagram of the product. A deliverable also differs from a project document in that project document is typically part of a project deliverable, or a project deliverable may contain number of documents and physical things. In technical projects, deliverables can further be classified as hardware, software, or design documents.