Use the Display Marketing planning glossary to give every participant a shared interpretation of planning language. Adapt wording to the organization while keeping measurement, responsibility and decision terms specific enough to prevent incompatible interpretations.
Planning horizon in a Display Marketing plan
The period in which the plan is expected to guide decisions before formal refresh. Record the term’s operational meaning for Display Marketing, the owner and the source of truth.
Baseline in a Display Marketing plan
The current performance or operating condition used for comparison. Record the term’s operational meaning for Display Marketing, the owner and the source of truth.
Objective in a Display Marketing plan
A business change the plan intends to influence within a defined horizon. Record the term’s operational meaning for Display Marketing, the owner and the source of truth.
Key result in a Display Marketing plan
A measurable signal used to judge progress toward an objective. Record the term’s operational meaning for Display Marketing, the owner and the source of truth. Use the evidence in Key result in a Display Marketing plan to support the specific Display Marketing Plan: Goals, Budget, Timeline, Measurement and 90-Day Execution task to decide whether this option fits the buyer's acquisition workflow. The adjacent Display Marketing Cost page covers a different decision.
Assumption in a Display Marketing plan
A belief that must be documented and tested rather than treated as a fact. Record the term’s operational meaning for Display Marketing, the owner and the source of truth. For this Display Marketing Plan: Goals, Budget, Timeline, Measurement and 90-Day Execution workflow, read the point through Assumption in a Display Marketing plan and the goal to decide whether this option fits the buyer's acquisition workflow.
Constraint in a Display Marketing plan
A limit involving budget, people, time, policy, inventory, data or operations. Record the term’s operational meaning for Display Marketing, the owner and the source of truth. In the Constraint in a Display Marketing plan section, this check matters only insofar as it helps you decide whether this option fits the buyer's acquisition workflow. The adjacent Display Marketing Cost page covers a different decision.
Dependency in a Display Marketing plan
Work or evidence that must exist before another activity can start safely. Record the term’s operational meaning for Display Marketing, the owner and the source of truth. Within the Dependency in a Display Marketing plan step, use this point to decide whether this option fits the buyer's acquisition workflow. The adjacent Display Marketing Cost page covers a different decision.
Milestone in a Display Marketing plan
A dated state change that shows the plan has completed a meaningful stage. Record the term’s operational meaning for Display Marketing, the owner and the source of truth. Apply this point inside Milestone in a Display Marketing plan; the page-specific objective is to decide whether this option fits the buyer's acquisition workflow.
Accepted outcome in a Display Marketing plan
A conversion or business event that passes quality and reconciliation rules. Record the term’s operational meaning for Display Marketing, the owner and the source of truth.
Diagnostic metric in a Display Marketing plan
A supporting signal that helps explain why the accepted outcome changed. Record the term’s operational meaning for Display Marketing, the owner and the source of truth.
Learning budget in a Display Marketing plan
A capped amount of spend, time or production capacity used to answer a defined question. Record the term’s operational meaning for Display Marketing, the owner and the source of truth.
Stop limit in a Display Marketing plan
A predeclared threshold that pauses activity when cost, quality, policy or operational risk becomes unacceptable. Record the term’s operational meaning for Display Marketing, the owner and the source of truth.
Scenario in a Display Marketing plan
A coherent set of conditions used to test how the plan should respond to uncertainty. Record the term’s operational meaning for Display Marketing, the owner and the source of truth.
Contingency in a Display Marketing plan
A prepared action used when a defined risk or scenario occurs. Record the term’s operational meaning for Display Marketing, the owner and the source of truth.
Decision gate in a Display Marketing plan
A point where evidence determines whether work continues, changes or stops. Record the term’s operational meaning for Display Marketing, the owner and the source of truth.
Reconciliation in a Display Marketing plan
The comparison of platform reporting with CRM, order, product or finance records. Record the term’s operational meaning for Display Marketing, the owner and the source of truth.
Incrementality in a Display Marketing plan
The additional outcome caused by an activity compared with what would otherwise have happened. Record the term’s operational meaning for Display Marketing, the owner and the source of truth.
Owner in a Display Marketing plan
The person accountable for a deliverable, decision or control. Record the term’s operational meaning for Display Marketing, the owner and the source of truth.
RACI in a Display Marketing plan
A responsibility model covering responsible, accountable, consulted and informed roles. Record the term’s operational meaning for Display Marketing, the owner and the source of truth.
Plan refresh in a Display Marketing plan
A dated review that updates assumptions, evidence, priorities and resource allocation. Record the term’s operational meaning for Display Marketing, the owner and the source of truth.