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Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project
Date: 27-Apri-2015
The word project comes the Latin word projectum from the Latin verb proicere, “before an action” which in turn comes from pro-, which denotes precedence, something that comes before something else in time (paralleling the Greek πρό) and iacere, “to do”. The word “project” thus actually originally meant “before an action”.
When the English language initially adopted the word, it referred to a plan of something, not to the act of actually carrying this plan out. Something performed in accordance with a project became known as an “object”. Every project has certain phases of development.
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A project is a set of tasks that must be completed in order to accomplish some goal. There are usually dependencies between these tasks. That is, one or more must be completed before another can be completed.
Projects are often undertaken by teams of people, typically with each person working on a different task. Personal projects are usually carried out by a single person. A project usually takes more than one day to complete. A small project may take only a week or so, while large projects may take months or even years.