# 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. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://framework.aic.io/company-operating-manual/glossary.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.