What is a project?
by Peter Mosinskis, Director of IT Strategy in definitions, project intake 0
Seems like this is a simple question, but the answer forms the basis for our entire project management process and activities.
From our perspective, a project is:
A temporary endeavor undertaken to create or update a unique product, service, or result. In particular, a project in A&IT is undertaken to create a new service that has not existed before.Projects can be small or large, simple or complex, with focused or wide-ranging impact.
Projects are not operations. The difference is:
- Projects have a defined start and end, operations are ongoing with definitive start or end
- Projects create unique product/outcome, where operations typically produce the same outcomes
- A project will contain a group of activities that requires 10 or more hours of A&IT staff time to complete, where operations typically are completed in less than 10 hours.
Learn more about our definition of what a project is and our project intake process on the A&IT Projects web site.
