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  A deliverable in project management is any output created as the result of work done during a project. Defining, tracking, and managing project deliverables is one of the most important responsibilities of a project manager. This guide will help you understand project management deliverables in more detail. It must be within the scope of the project Stakeholders - external or internal - must agree to it It must be the result of deliberate work It must have a definite role in accomplishing the project’s objective For example, a creative team might create a number of documents during the course of developing a new website. On the other hand, your developers can’t really proceed if they don’t have a website wireframe. Since the wireframe is a result of deliberate, objective-focused work, you would classify it as a deliverable. Anything can be a deliverable in a project. A bicycle can be a deliverable, as well as a document outlining the plan to create it. The deliverable can be massive and tangible, such as a stadium or a factory. It can also be tiny and intangible, such as a one-page marketing document. Project deliverables can be created for both external and internal stakeholders. An example of the former would be the website you make for a client. A design requirements document would be an example of the latter. Deliverables can also be “stacked”, i.e. one deliverable might have several of its own deliverables. A “website” might be your primary objective. To create it, you might have two additional deliverables - “website wireframe” and “website mockup”. 3_items This also means that deliverables can depend on one another. You can’t create a website mockup unless you have a wireframe. And you can’t create the actual website until you’ve finalized the mockup. Deliverables by themselves aren’t the project’s objective. Rather, they chart the path to reach it. The more deliverables you complete on time, the better your chances of meeting the project’s goals on schedule as well. This is why project managers often focus obsessively on the deliverables - in defining, managing, and tracking them Internal vs External Deliverables A common way to categorize deliverables is to divide them into “external” and “internal” deliverables. There’s an easy method for defining them: Any work done that is not a part of doing business with clients or customers is an internal deliverable Any work done to fulfill a client’s demands or to win more business is an external deliverable You can think of internal deliverables as anything you create as a part of running the business. Doing taxes, keeping accounts, and creating corporate documents - are all internal deliverables. You need them to run the business, but they don’t really generate revenue.