Word meaning nice to have

Nice to have a tablet with 3 g network access for use anywhere without WiFi.

Приятно иметь планшет с доступом к сети 3G для использования в любом месте без Wi-

Fi.

asked Apr 19, 2018 at 15:34

answered Apr 19, 2018 at 15:42

As someone who has read and created business plans and requirement documentation in both my academic and professional career, I’d recommend sticking with «nice-to-have». This is common language in a Request For Proposal (RFP) or business plan, at least for IT Projects.

Alternatively if you are set on avoiding «nice-to-have», I’d recommend one of the following:

• High Priority and Low Priority
• Requirements and Requests

Or another less formal option that is used often in RFP’s:

• «Needs» and «Wants»

answered Apr 19, 2018 at 20:15

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Thesaurus.com gives a number of antonyms for «mandatory». My own preference would be to have a list of essentials and nonessentials, taking the Collins definition of «not necessary».

I know that «nonessential» doesn’t convey «nice to have» from the point of the salesman, but from the point of the buyer, it shows where monetary savings can be had.

The alternative is to flip it on its head and create a gold level list, where all the «nice-to-have» items are included, making the silver and bronze lists (of just the essentials) look like inferior options.

answered Apr 19, 2018 at 19:05

It might help to have a little more context.

The usual “formal” term for something that is not a necessity is luxury:

an inessential, desirable item which is expensive or difficult to obtain. [Oxford Living Dictionary]

but it’s quite an unpleasant term to use for things which, while optional, are hardly sumptuous; I would prefer the latter term unless the items (or services) concerned are a way up the scale towards voluptuous.

Edit: I didn’t notice it, but @Lambie’s comment up top is a good enough answer. I’ll delete this answer if you add one.

answered Apr 19, 2018 at 17:52

Consider MoSCoW terminology.

MoSCoW helps us set priorities together

To address this common contracting problem, we’ve adopted a practice called MoSCoW, which is an acronym:

Must Have: These user stories must be delivered for the project to be considered a success.
Should Have: These user stories should be delivered for the project to be considered a success, but there is flexibility how they are delivered.
Could Have: These user stories could be included in the project, but only if there is sufficient time and budget.
Would Have: These user stories would be included if we had time and budget, but we all agree that it’s not feasible to include them in the current project.
https://yellowpencil.com/blog/learn-how-to-share-risk-moscow/

So perhaps you could define them in the document and rewrite as follows:

After investigation, we believe that
(1) XXX must be acquired, as it’s concerned with XXXX;
(2) XXX should be taken into ownership but considering current human resource, we may not take immediate action.

answered Apr 20, 2018 at 6:44

Coveted. From Vocabulary.com:

coveted means «in demand» or «desired.» If the most coveted seat on
the bus for you is the one right next to the bathroom, then you
shouldn’t have any problem getting it because most people don’t want
it.

I think ‘coveted’ lends a little thrill to the acquisition of whatever-it-is that would be ‘nice-to-have.’ It acknowledges this “extra” may not be necessary but is definitely desirable and possibly evoke the envy of others.

answered Apr 19, 2018 at 18:03