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Thursday, April 1, 2010

Lesson 2: The Definition of a Project

Any sort of understanding about projects, and project management starts with the definition of what a project is. Here is the definition according to the PMBOK.
“…a project is a temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product or service… “

Let us consider the core elements here:


  • Temporary means that every project has a defined begin or end state
  • Projects are also unique in the sense that the aim is to produce something that is distinguishable from all similar products and or services

That leaves us with an unexplained acronym - The PMBOK:

"The body of knowledge developed by the Project Management Institute, representing the work done by most project ma
nagers most of the time"

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