Term · General Industry
Slip
A milestone moving later than the committed date, and by extension the amount of the delay. Programmes report slip as a running number against the baseline plan rather than silently rebaselining.
- Also known as
- Schedule slip
- Type
- Term
- Domain
- General Industry, Programme jargon
Notes
The professional convention is to report slip as soon as it is known, since early bad news is actionable and late bad news is not.
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