⊿ Point. {R} Glossary. ◢ Keyword: P. ◥ University. {q} PhD. {tr} Training. ⚫ UK. ⚫ England. ↂ EndNote. {q} NS: BPM. ✊ Harvey (2009) Project team. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Cross-functional team formed to complete a specific project In a project, a project team or team is defined as "an interdependent collection of individuals who work together towards a common goal and who share responsibility for specific outcomes of their organizations".[1] An additional requirement to the original definition is that "the team is identified as such by those within and outside of the team".[2] As project teams work on specific projects, the first requirement is usually met.
In the early stages of a project, the project team may not be recognized as a team, leading to some confusion within the organization. The central characteristic of project teams in modern organizations is the autonomy and flexibility availed in the process or method undertaken to meet their goals. Most[quantify] project teams require involvement from more than one department, therefore most project teams can be classified as cross-functional teams. See also[edit] Project. In contemporary business and science a project is defined as a collaborative enterprise, involving research or design, that is carefully planned to achieve a particular aim.[1] Overview[edit] The word project comes from 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". Specific uses[edit] School and university[edit] Engineering project[edit] Project management[edit] Project objectives define target status at the end of the project, reaching of which is considered necessary for the achievement of planned benefits. See also[edit] Project. Planned and goal-directed effort A project is any undertaking, carried out individually or collaboratively and possibly involving research or design, that is carefully planned to achieve a particular goal.[1] An alternative view sees a project managerially as a sequence of events: a "set of interrelated tasks to be executed over a fixed period and within certain cost and other limitations".[2] A project may form a part of wider programme management: 1 or function as an ad hoc system.: 922 Open-source software "projects" or artists' musical "projects" (for example) may lack defined team-membership, precise planning and/or time-limited durations.
Overview[edit] The word project comes from 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 originally meant "before an action". Cancellation[edit]