A Project is a task undertaken to create, deliver, or implement a unique deliverable or other solution which has specific, agreed-upon constraints (including scope, resources, budget, and timeline).
- It is temporary in nature:
- A definite start date.
- A definite end date.
- It has a defined scope:
- The result to be achieved.
- The work that must be done to meet that result.
- Specifications about project goals, features, functions, tasks, deadlines, deliverables, and cost.
- It has defined resources:
- People, capital, and/or material goods that are required for the successful completion of the project.
- It must be vetted and approved via the project intake process.
What is not a project?
- Business-as-usual activities (BAU)
- Low-effort ad-hoc requests
- Services
- Break/fix
- Communication
- Configuration (Low Level of Effort)
- Something that has not been approved
- Something that is not temporary
- Something that does not have defined scope