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# Glossary

### Acceptance Criteria

The agreed conditions that must be met for a deliverable to be accepted.

### Agile

An iterative approach to delivery based on learning, feedback, prioritisation, and incremental progress.

### Alpha

The phase used to test possible solutions and risky assumptions.

### Background IP

Intellectual property that existed before a project or was developed independently of the customer engagement.

### Backlog

The prioritised list of work items to be delivered by the team.

### Beta

The phase where the chosen solution is built and tested with real users.

### Change Control

The process for assessing and approving changes to scope, time, cost, risk, acceptance, or obligations.

### Delivery Governance

The system of meetings, controls, evidence, and decisions used to keep delivery on track.

### Discovery

The phase used to understand the problem, users, constraints, and options before committing to a solution.

### Foreground IP

Intellectual property created specifically during a project.

### Framework Agreement

The master agreement that defines the overall commercial and legal relationship.

### Live

The phase where the service is operated, monitored, supported, and continuously improved.

### RAID

Risks, Assumptions, Issues, and Dependencies.

### Roadmap

A plan showing how a product, service, or project is expected to develop over time.

### Statement of Work

The contractual document that defines the specific work package, deliverables, milestones, acceptance criteria, and payment triggers.

### Subcontractor

A third party engaged to perform part of the work on behalf of the company.