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Glossary

Deliverable: what changes hands on a date

A deliverable is a tangible result handed to the client: document, mockup, application, report. It has a name, a date, a recipient and an acceptance criterion. A plan made of deliverables can be checked; a plan made of tasks can only be told.

A result, handed over and accepted

A deliverable is what the project hands over, as opposed to what it does. A task consumes time; a deliverable produces an object that changes hands and that someone accepts. It therefore carries four attributes: a title, a date, a recipient and an acceptance criterion. A project plan whose lines are tasks steers poorly; a plan whose lines are deliverables can be checked.

  • A title, a date, a recipient, an acceptance criterion
  • A task consumes time, a deliverable produces an object
  • A plan made of deliverables can be checked line by line

What separates a deliverable from a task

The Project Management certification has candidates produce the real deliverables of a file: framing note, milestone plan, tracking table, closing report. The Website Creation course delivers three live sites, each accepted against criteria set before work began.

Title, date, recipient, criterion.

attributes on every deliverable
4
course units in the Project Management certification
4
taught in that certification
180 h
months of stated duration
6

Programmes where you genuinely deliver

2 catalogue programmes put “Deliverable” to work: 24 credits and 240 taught hours in total. The official rule holds throughout — one credit stands for 25 hours of work, 10 of them taught. Every line below is recomputed from the programme page: level, duration, credits, taught volume and fees in Guinean francs appear exactly as filed in the official catalogue.

ProgrammeLevelDurationVolumeFees
Project Management CertificateProfessional certification6 months18 credits · 180 taught hours2 900 000 GNF in total
Website CreationShort course3 months6 credits · 60 taught hours1 400 000 GNF in total
Deliverable: what changes hands on a date — Glossary | IHETC — IHETC