Performable

Performable is an adjective describing something that can be performed, carried out, or executed. It is used to characterize actions, tasks, or operations that can be executed under defined conditions and constraints. The term is common in technical, legal, and planning contexts to distinguish feasible elements from those that are not actionable.

Etymology and usage notes: The word is formed from the verb perform plus the suffix -able, indicating capability. It is widely used in formal writing but less common in casual speech. In some domains, performable is preferred over executable when the emphasis is on the potential to be carried out rather than the act of execution itself.

Applications: In contract and requirements engineering, a task is described as performable if all preconditions are satisfied and the resources exist. In software engineering and automation, performable often maps to executable code paths or actions that can be triggered by a system. In robotics and workflow design, a performable task is one the system can reliably complete given current state estimates and constraints.

See also: executable, feasible, doable, actionable, precondition, task.