Glossary terms: I

Term

Definition

Product

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ID

Any document used to verify a person's identity.

Identity Management (IDM)

Identity management, also known as identity and access management, is a framework of policies and technologies for ensuring that the proper people in an enterprise have the appropriate access to technology resources. IDM systems fall under the overarching umbrella of IT security and Data Management.

Services Procurement

Immersion

Activity wherein Beeline teams learn everything about a client's procurement process, commonly on site with a client

Client Onboarding

Implementation Manager

An IT project manager who focuses on implementing information systems into a business environment. Manages a team of implementation specialists responsible for the implementation of technical systems, software, hardware or solutions. Oversees and supports multiple the implementation projects, ensuring that projects adhere to budget and to time frame guidelines.

Independent Contractor

IC (initialism)

An independent contractor provides services to a company but is not an employee of that company. The company pays the independent contractor without withholding payroll taxes or paying the employer's share of payroll taxes. Independent contractors are under intense scrutiny from the IRS and states because of abuse costing billions of dollars or taxes.  Under our programs, most 1099's are vetted through a payroll supplier (such as VendorPass) and do not work directly for the client.

Services Procurement

Independent Contractor/1099

Designates an independent contractor who provides services to a company, but who is not an employee of that company. Independent contractors do no work directly for a client.

The company pays the independent contractor without withholding payroll taxes or paying the employers share of payroll taxes. To claim this designation, individuals must qualify based on the United State Internal Revenue Service requirements.

Industry

Used to group types of procured labor a client intends to source through the Beeline platform. Some of the most frequently used labor categories include IT, Admin/ Clerical, and Professional.

Industry Best Practices

The most efficient and effective way of accomplishing a task and yielding the best results in a particular profession or industry. A method or technique based on repeatable procedures that has consistently shown results superior to those achieved with other means over time for large numbers of people. Best practice is used as an industry benchmark.

Best practices instill proper processes, checks and testing, to achieve a desired outcome with fewer problems and unforeseen complications.

Integrated Workforce Management

An umbrella term for a vendor management system (VMS) platform that helps businesses manage a contingent workforce. Analogous to Beeline's Extended Workforce Platform.

Integration Requirements Document

IRD (initialism)

Assesses and describes the requirements for a successful data integration and articulates the expected behavior and features of the integration project

Client Onboarding

Internationalization

I18n (initialism)

Engineering activities focused on generalizing a product so it can handle multiple languages, scripts, and cultural conventions (currency, sorting rules, number and dates formats…) without the need for redesign.

Interview Management

Interview is requires, times are organized, interviews are conducted, evaluations are made.

Contingent Staffing

Invoice Schedule

The interval at which assignments are billed, such as monthly, weekly, or bi-weekly.

IQN Workflow

Approval workflow - who approves what
Procurement workflow - how you are processing a resource close to a request type

Client Onboarding

Iteration

In the context of an Agile project, an iteration is a timebox [a previously agreed period of time during which a person or a team works steadily towards completion of some goal] during which development takes place, the duration of which:

• May vary from project to project, usually between 1 and 4 weeks

• Is in most cases fixed for the duration of a given project

In general iterations are aligned with calendar weeks, often starting on Mondays and ending on Fridays; this is more a matter of convenience than an explicit recommendation and many teams adopt different conventions. The fixed length of iterations gives teams a simple way to obtain, based on velocity and the amount of work remaining, a usually accurate (though not very precise) estimation of the project's remaining duration.