project management glossary

acceptance

 The act of taking custody based on satisfactory verification.

 Approval (of results).

 The act of an authorized representative of the government by which the government, for itself or as agent for another, assumes ownership of existing identified supplies tendered or approves specific services rendered as partial or complete performance of the contract.

 The formal process of accepting delivery of a product or a deliverable.

 The formal process of accepting the delivery of a deliverable or product normally based on verifying that it is in accordance with the Product Description.

 An action by which the customer accepts ownership of software products as a partial or complete performance of a contract.

acceptance criteria

 Performance requirements and essential conditions that have to be achieved before project deliverables are accepted.

acceptance letters

 Four (or more) formal letters written during the final Stage(s) of a project, i.e. Systems, Operations, Security, User and Business Acceptance Letters.