Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Wiktionary
n. 1 An interdisciplinary collaboration of researchers working on new research activities that would be difficult to develop under traditional funding mechanisms, such as federal agencies. 2 Any more or less formal team working for joint purpose.
WordNet
n. a group of people working together temporarily until some goal is achieved; "the working group was supposed to report back in two weeks" [syn: working party]
Wikipedia
Working Group is the name of a breed group of dogs, used by kennel clubs to classify a defined collection of dog breeds. Most major English-language kennel clubs include a Working Group, although different kennel clubs may not include the same breeds in their Working Group. Working Group does not define one particular type of dog. It is not a scientific classification. Working Group is not a term used by the international kennel club association, the Fédération Cynologique Internationale, which more finely divides its breed groupings by dog type and breed history.
A working group is an ad hoc group of subject-matter experts working together to achieve specified goals. The groups are domain-specific and focus on discussion or activity around a specific area subject area. The term can sometimes refer to an interdisciplinary collaboration of researchers working on new activities that would be difficult to sustain under traditional funding mechanisms (e.g., federal agencies).
The lifespan of a working group can last anywhere between a few months and several years. Such groups have the tendency to develop a quasi-permanent existence when the assigned task is accomplished; hence the need to disband (or phase out) the working group when it has achieved its goal(s).
Examples of common goals for working groups include:
:* creation of an informational document
:* creation of a standard
:* resolution of problems related to a system or network
:* continuous improvement
:* research
Working groups are also referred to as task groups, workgroups, or technical advisory groups.
Usage examples of "working group".
The Transatlantic Business Dialogue is the working group of the West’.
Following Kennedy's order, CIA planners presented the Joint Chiefs of Staff Working Group with a list of five alternative landing sites.
After a brief twenty-minute discussion, barely enough time for a coffee break, Lemnitzer and his Chiefs agreed with their Working Group's choice.
Tomorrow, I will direct the Department of State and the Department of Commerce to set up a working group to implement TRA with respect to the People's Republic,".
The de facto working group was only four: Amy, Kingsley, Benjamin, and Channing.
As soon as the presidential platform was on the ground, a contingent of air force security accompanied the chief executive and his working group to the shuttle landing facility a mile and a half away.
We have a working group here, and a new and fully functioning Table now in Salaan.
And despite his resolution after the deaths of Maggie Tufu and George Hackett, he returned to Beta Pacifica III, where he headed the Working Group for six years.
Vischenko had finally managed to adjourn the working group just before dawn.
At age fourteen, various indeterminate organs began pumping hormones into their bodies and an endo-crinologist was added to the working group of physicians who met from time to time to confer on the matter of the twins.
He was making frequent trips to Bosnia as part of the parliamentary working group on the war, and String Vest and Fish had decided that his access to leading actors in the region made him a worthwhile agent.
Anshiser, Dillon, Maggie, maybe a couple more in that working group at his house.