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work product

Work product is any document, design, software, data, or other material created or produced by a party in performing work under a contract.

In plain English

This term means the outputs of the contracted work. It covers material a party creates while carrying out the contract, including documents, designs, software, data, and similar materials.

In context

Here, "work product" names the material created or produced as part of performing the contract.

Situation
Tracking obligations, deliverables, milestones, notices, and deadlines
What it communicates
names material created under the contracted work.

Meaning limits

The term does not by itself cover material that was not created or produced in carrying out the contract.

Examples

“The agency accepted the report and code as work product, but not the contractor's old training manual.”

Core meaning

“By the final meeting, all work product from the contract was in the project folder.”

In context