How to manage Project Deliverables

Question

Hello Experts!

When it comes to project deliverables How do you handle these or what have you seen happen during a project?

-Will project deliverables usually go along with a milestone, meaning in order to close a milestone, project deliverables are due?
Or
-Will project deliverables are usually given before the closure of the project (as a task)
Or
-Project deliverables are due whenever the client or stakeholders request them?

IF so what is usually the standard or what do you usually do?

Answer 1

It depends on the project life cycle you use and the approach you use. For example, if you use an incremental-iterative life cycle with an Agile-based approach. In my personal case in today workplace, we have a governance process where deliverables are the evidence about a milestone inside the governance process has been completed and that governance process is a layer that is used no matter the life cycle and approaches we use.

On the other side, because our value framework is client-oriented for us a deliverable is evidence that we are "fulfilling the contract" with our clients.