Talk:Project

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[edit] Improvements vs Projects

Sir/Madam, Organisations tend to stretch the Project definition in the direction suitable for their particular arguments in a particular situation. Maybe it's not worth while to have a strict definition, but yet again- it creates confusion when we do not agree on what a project is and what it isn't. Some are using the term 'Improvement' when they talk about small projects, but what is a small project? It's an interesting discussion to try to find more common definition. Do you have any suggestions?

Tor Murvold Ms Science Chief PM

How can you tell if it's a project? Well, if the outcome is something new (to you), and it requires a plan, people, time, and money to complete, then it's a project. The work required to make an improvement is a project. It doesn't matter if it's a 2-hour project (as seen in home improvement or hobbies) or a 2-year project. Ancawonka 01:03, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Notable Projects

Current list of examples seems biased towards the USA how about some others?

some suggestions:

-Building of the pyramids -Noah's Ark -Great wall of China (seriously though, did projects only start in the 20th century ? all of the above are certainly unique products !) -Channel Tunnel (UK-France) -Concorde (UK-France)

Do others agree list should be more balanced between historical and present / developed and developing countries ?

Yes, why not? Ancawonka 01:03, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Project Characteristics

There are several characteristics in a project.

Planning - Planning required in a project and it involves several phases.
Objective - Objective should be set in the early stage.
Scope - To identify which tasks to be covered in a project.
Time - pre-determined the time span to defines what tasks are to be undertaken at a time.
Resources - A set of resources can be used to meet the project objective, such as human, hardware, software, money.
Quality - A standard of a project should be stated clearly in an early phase.
Risk - Risk that might occurs in the development phase should be defines, and an intelligent way to resolve a problem.