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Vinony

deliverology

noun

  1. a target-driven process designed to ensure the successful implementation of reforms or achievement of policy goals within government or the public sector
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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: From deliver + -o- + -logy.

  1. A method that uses inspections, goal-setting, etc. to ensure that government departments implement desired reforms.

    “The term deliverology was originally developed in the British civil service as a gentle and light-hearted term of abuse for the process developed by the Prime Minister's Delivery Unit (PMDU), which Tony Blair had me set up; we have chosen to adopt it here and give it a positive definition.”

    “This newfangled approach was roundly mocked as “deliverology”.”