Project

A Project is a type of assignment, typically involving research or design, that is carefully planned to achieve a specific objective. Quotes The present is not a potential past; it is the moment of choice and action; we can not avoid living it through a project; and there is no project which is purely contemplative since one always projects himself toward something, toward the future; to put oneself "outside" is still a way of living the inescapable fact that one is inside. Simone de Beauvoir, The Ethics of Ambiguity 1948 Philosophical Library 978-0-8065-0160-4 Part III: The Positive Aspect of Ambiguity. If a project has not achieved a system architecture, including its rationale, the project should not proceed to full-scale system development. Specifying the architecture as a deliverable enables its use throughout the development and maintenance process. Barry Boehm (1995); quoted in: L. Bass, P. Clements, and R. Kazman (1998) Software Architecture in Practice, Addison Wesley Longman. Chapter 2 Question: How does a large software project get to be one year late? Answer: One day at a time! Fred Brooks (1975), The Mythical Man-Month, Basic to successful project management is recognizing when the project is needed — in other words, when to form a project, as opposed to when to use the regular functional organization to do the job. At what point in time do the changes in. David I. Cleland and William R. King (1968) Systems Analysis and Project Management. New York: mcgraw-Hill, p. 154 Every thought willingly contemplated, every word meaningly spoken, every action freely done consolidates itself in the character, and will project; itself onward continually. Henry Giles (1809–1882). Quoted in: Tryon Edwards, D.D. A dictionary of thoughts, being a cyclopedia of laconic quotations from the best authors, both ancient and modern. 1891. p. 61 Et le chemin est long du projet à la chose. The road is long from the project to its completion. Molière, Le Tartuffe (1664), III. Quote reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 220-21. Project management is becoming more important as equipment, systems, and projects become more complex. Bud Porter-Roth (1955) Proposal Development. p. 3-9 To found a great empire for the sole purpose of raising up a people of customers may at first sight appear a project fit only for a nation of shopkeepers. Adam Smith, Wealth of Nations, Vol. ii. Book iv. Ch. vii. Part 3. 1775. Quoted in John Bartlett (1820-1905), Familiar quotations, 1876. p. 659. See also project project Project management External links project Category:Management