steering committee
Direction-setting group
A steering committee is a group appointed to guide and oversee a project, organization, or process.
Unlike committees that handle day-to-day operations, a steering committee sets direction and makes high-level decisions: The steering committee approved the new strategic plan.
The term appears frequently in corporate, academic, and nonprofit contexts.
Flat rigid panel
- councilAdvisory deliberative group
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- decision-makingProcess of choosing actions
- authorityPower to enforce obedience
chairperson · executive · directors · trustees · panel · assembly · delegates · quorum
Advice for decisions
- strategyPlanned approach to goals
- visionAbility to see
- roadmapDetailed plan forward
- frameworkUnderlying support system
objectives · priorities · recommendations · policy · planning · milestones · goals · scope
Joint intellectual work
- liaisonConnector between groups
- alignmentCorrect relative positioning
- integrationCombining into a whole
- synchronizationAligning timing across systems
facilitation · orchestration · interagency · cross-functional · interdepartmental · working groups · subcommittees · task forces
Ongoing observation of something
- reviewCritical written assessment
- accountabilityObligation for one's actions
- evaluationDetermining worth or quality
- progress trackingMeasuring advancement over time
reporting · compliance · risk management · quality assurance · auditing · performance metrics · approval · sign-off
board
Flat rigid panel
- councilAdvisory deliberative group
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- decision-makingProcess of choosing actions
authority · chairperson · executive · directors · trustees · panel · assembly · delegates · quorum · bylaws
guidance
Advice for decisions
framework · objectives · priorities · recommendations · policy · planning · milestones · goals · scope · deliverables
collaboration
Joint intellectual work
- liaisonConnector between groups
- alignmentCorrect relative positioning
- integrationCombining into a whole
synchronization · facilitation · orchestration · interagency · cross-functional · interdepartmental · working groups · subcommittees · task forces · communication
monitoring
Ongoing observation of something
- reviewCritical written assessment
- accountabilityObligation for one's actions
- evaluationDetermining worth or quality
progress tracking · reporting · compliance · risk management · quality assurance · auditing · performance metrics · approval · sign-off · escalation
- meetingsmeeting, AGM, meet, attendee, meetings
- selected groupspanel, jury, task force, delegation, select few
- board meetingsagenda, minutes, adjourn, adjournment, chairman
- committeesspecial committees, joint committees, subcommittees, subcommittee, ad hoc committees
- Organization Termslocal branch, district office, headquarters, division, section
- groupsteam, teams, group, club, clubs
steering committeefull assembly
steering committeeworking group
Team for specific purpose
task force · executors · foot soldiers · subcommittee · ad hoc committee
steering committeefull assembly
rank and file · mass meeting · town hall · open forum · all-hands meeting
commit, steer, commitment, committed, committee, steering, steered, uncommitted, steers