What is Project: Definition and 1000 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. A

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  2. A

    A The Habitable Exoplanet Hunting Project

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  3. bagasme

    Other Corporate Blogs: Bad Source for Research Project?

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  4. N

    Courses College Physics Capstone Project

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  6. Caesars_son

    In need of help for Physics/Astronomy project

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  7. A

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  8. V

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  9. cookiemnstr510510

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  10. MacLaddy

    Engineering Project Engineer to Design Engineer

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  11. W

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  12. SeeSharp

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  13. Arman777

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  14. SpinzTronics

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  15. Billirwindesigns

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  16. J

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  17. TachyonLord

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  18. Isolde Wilde

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  19. J

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  20. opus

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  21. F

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  22. J

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  23. german_cargo

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  24. Rx7man

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  25. I Question

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  26. N

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  27. A

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  28. bornofflame

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  29. MasterJgon

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  30. J

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  31. S

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  32. N

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  33. I

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  34. A

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  35. G

    B MHD pump idea for school project

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  36. charliebrown

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  37. sams

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  38. K

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  39. P

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  40. Arman777

    Python How Does One Solve the Minimal X for Pell's Equation with D Up to 1000?

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  41. F

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  42. Arman777

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  43. S

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  44. T

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  45. I

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  46. Arman777

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  47. SilverJW

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  48. T

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  49. Arman777

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  50. NTL2009

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