equipment-driven plan
noun phraseUK /ɪˈkwɪpmənt ˈdrɪvən plæn/
US /ɪˈkwɪpmənt ˈdrɪvən plæn/
A plan that is made mostly by the tools and machines you have.
The coach made an equipment-driven plan because the team only had two balls.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. A plan in which equipment decides what happens next.
The factory used an equipment-driven plan to set the day's schedule.
3. A plan that depends on having the right gear.
Their camping trip was an equipment-driven plan, so they packed tents first.
4. A plan shaped by the machines a team owns.
The farm's equipment-driven plan changed when they got a new tractor.