What is Projects: Definition and 152 Discussions

A project (or program) is any undertaking, carried out individually or collaboratively and possibly involving research or design, that is carefully planned (usually by a project team, but sometimes by a project manager or by a project planner) to achieve a particular aim.An alternative view sees a project managerially as a sequence of events: a "set of interrelated tasks to be executed over a fixed period and within certain cost and other limitations".A project may be a temporary (rather than permanent) social system (work system), possibly staffed by teams (within or across organizations) to accomplish particular tasks under time constraints.A project may form a part of wider programme management
or function as an ad hoc system.Note that open-source software "projects" or artists' musical "projects" (for example) may lack defined team-membership, precise planning and/or time-limited durations.

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  1. G

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  2. S

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  3. X

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  4. X

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  5. K

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  6. H

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  7. D

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  8. I

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  9. Q

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  10. N

    Can you help me think like an IITian when it comes to electrical projects?

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  11. 4

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  12. Topher925

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  13. A

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  14. T

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  15. M

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  16. G

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  17. J

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  18. S

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  19. D

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  20. W

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  21. L

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  22. B

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  23. S

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  24. EnumaElish

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  25. N

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  26. P

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  27. N

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  28. D

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  29. I

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  30. I

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  31. S

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  32. R

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  33. T

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  34. S

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  35. M

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  36. M

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  37. D

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  38. Astronuc

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  39. B

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  40. zoobyshoe

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  41. F

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  42. S

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  43. Q_Goest

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  44. D

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  45. Moni

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  46. M

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  47. T

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  48. F

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  49. F

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  50. Arctic Fox

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