a good thing and helps you anticipate difficulties before they become disasters

a good thing to have

a great thing

a joke and should be dropped should a merger ever happen

a list of things that do not happen

a list of things that wont happen

an evolving thing

an excellent thing, so long as you are not yourself entangled in it

a real thing, and things projected are experienced

a schedule of key milestone events, of who's going to make each one happen, and containing an allocation of the resources (person-hours and money) needed to make each milestone happen

a serious indication of what might happen The aftermath of the Iraq War has lead to media attacks about the roads not taken

a theoretical document until there is a development proposal that can make something happen