Kehitettävänä

Kehitettävänä is a Finnish participial form derived from the verb kehittää, meaning “to develop.” It expresses that something is to be developed or is in the state of being developed. The form can function as a predicative phrase or as an attributive modifier within noun phrases, depending on its position in the sentence.

In usage, kehitettävänä is commonly found in technical, organizational, and policy contexts to indicate items that are planned for development or are currently awaiting development. It conveys a sense of future work rather than completed status. The term is related to other Finnish expressions for development, such as kehittää (to develop), kehitettävä (the thing to be developed), and kehittäminen (development). It is distinct from words like kehitteillä, which more often conveys that something is actively in the process of being developed at the moment.

Examples help illustrate the nuance. Se on kehitettävänä seuraavassa versiossa. (Translation: It is to be developed in the next version.) Ominaisuus X on kehitettävänä. (Translation: Feature X is to be developed.) Monia parannuksia on kehitettävänä olevia backlogissa. (Translation: There are several improvements to be developed in the backlog.) These constructions show how kehitettävänä can mark planned or pending development within a sentence.

Grammatically, kehitettävänä is one of the inflected forms used with participles to express future or potential development. The base form kehitettävä means “to be developed,” and kehitettävänä represents a case- and number-inflected variant used in predicative or modifying roles. Related terms include kehitettävyys (developability) and kehitttäminen (the act of developing).