Term · General Industry
Punch list
The short residual list of known small items that must be cleared before a milestone is declared complete. Borrowed from construction, where it names defects found at final walkthrough.
- Also known as
- Snag list
- Type
- Term
- Domain
- General Industry, Programme jargon
Notes
A punch list that keeps growing rather than shrinking in the final weeks is a sign the milestone criteria were never really met.
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