Project management Glossary of Terms - Project


Project - a temporary set of actions which aim to create a unique, final deliverable.

This concise project definition reveals the major differences between characteristics of projects and operations:

  • Is temporary which means that is positioned between a start date and an end date.
  • Its outcome is unique. Although the product or service may be included in a large category (e.g. a building, a software product), the details can give the uniqueness of a project result.

A similar definition can be found into A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide): "a temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product or service".





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