Glossary entries beginning with P

A plan setting out how a team will be staffed, led, developed and supported through a piece of work or change.

A document describing how a project will be governed, delivered, monitored and controlled.

A professional project-management certification awarded to people who meet prescribed experience, education and examination requirements.

A report summarising performance objectives, results, assessments and follow-up actions.

A structured review of performance results, expectations, feedback and development needs.

A system for setting goals, recording performance, conducting reviews and managing appraisal outcomes.

The team responsible for planning, coordinating, monitoring and delivering a project.

A residential district within Punggol Northshore, planned with integrated housing, amenities and urban features.

The National Service branch through which eligible male citizens and permanent residents serve full-time and operationally ready duties in the Singapore Police Force.

A business providing a digital platform through which platform workers provide ride-hail or delivery services.

An election official who conducts polling, verifies voters and safeguards the voting process at a polling station.

The person designated to oversee a licensed healthcare provider's administration, compliance and operational responsibilities.

An officer responsible for coordinating and supporting the planning and delivery of a project.

The formal order issued to a supplier after the required procurement and expenditure approvals have been obtained.

The named person through whom communications, questions and coordination for a matter should be channelled.

A small-scale implementation used to test whether an idea or technology is technically or operationally feasible.

A department responsible for day-to-day personnel operations and employee-service delivery.

A Ministry of Home Affairs division responsible for organisational planning, structures and corporate coordination.

Evidence that goods, documents or services were delivered to the intended recipient.

A shared data platform or repository containing workforce information about public officers.

A MINDEF function combining personnel operations with management of facilities and the workplace estate.

A law enabling directions and other measures to counter online falsehoods that affect the public interest.

An organisational group responsible for workforce, culture and organisation-development functions.

A group-insurance scheme providing specified coverage to eligible public officers.

A political appointee holding government office, such as a Minister, Minister of State or Parliamentary Secretary.

The collective term for ministers and other political leaders holding government appointments.

A law addressing harassment, stalking, doxxing and related harmful communications.

People identified as relevant to an inquiry, assessment or operation and requiring attention or further information.

An aptitude-based early admissions route to selected polytechnic courses.

ECDA scheme supporting participating preschool operators to improve affordability, accessibility and quality.

A system supporting prison operations, offender management and rehabilitation workflows.

The place, device or system where a sale or payment transaction is completed.

A Singapore consumer-bank brand within DBS, originating from the former Post Office Savings Bank.

A period of heightened concern or strained relations before open conflict or a declared emergency.

A trade union representing officers and employees in Singapore's port sector, supporting them in workplace matters and advancing their collective interests.

A Public Service initiative for identifying and removing unnecessary rules and processes.

A document specifying security requirements for a category of products to support formal evaluation or certification.

The Public Administration Medal, awarded to public officers for outstanding efficiency, competence and devotion to duty.

An advertising model in which payment is charged each time a user clicks an advertisement or promoted link.

A challenge or competition inviting participants to analyse a public-policy problem and propose responses.

A form used before and after a course to record expectations, learning, application and follow-up actions.

Temporary rental housing for eligible families awaiting completion of their new flats.

Court order intended to protect a person from family violence by restraining the respondent from committing further violence.

A form used to set performance plans and record subsequent review, feedback and assessment.

The senior private secretary supporting a political office-holder or other principal with coordination, advice and official business.