project management glossary

institutionalization

 The building of infrastructure and corporate culture that supports methods, practices, and procedures so that they are the ongoing way of doing business, even after those who originally defined them are gone.

instruction

 See Field Clarification.

instrumentation

 The application of instruments (or metrics) for observation, measurement, or control.

instruments

 A term used to refer to the tools used for certain types of work, which may be physical such as those used in surveying, or notional such as used in establishing law.

insurable

 Something that can be covered by insurance.

insurable risk

 A particular type of risk which can be covered by an insurance policy.