What Is a Project?

What Is a Project?

Project is a planned activity. Being planned it assumes that we can determine how we are going to carry out a task before we start.

Definition
In the broadest sense, a project is a specific (non-routine), finite task to be accomplished. It is carried out in several phases and the resources available are constrained. Any activity that results in a deliverable or a product.

Projects always begin with a problem. The project is to provide the solution to this problem.

When the project is finished it must be evaluated to determine whether it satisfies the objectives and goals.

Another Definition of Project
• A project is a temporary endeavor undertaken to accomplish a unique purpose
• Attributes of a project
– unique purpose (specified product is to be created)
– temporary (non-routine)
– planning is required
– require resources, often from various areas
– carried out in several phases
– involve uncertainty
– project is large or complex

Examples of Projects

• The city government develop an online information system project
• City park development project

Bloom’s Taxonomy of Educational Objectives

Bloom’s Taxonomy of Educational Objectives
The cognitive domain involves knowledge and the development of intellectual skills.

• Knowledge – recall of data
Key Words: defines, describes, identifies, knows, labels, lists, matches, names, outlines, recalls, recognizes, reproduces, selects, states.

• Comprehension –understand the meaning
Key words: comprehends, converts, defends, distinguishes, estimates, explains, extends, generalizes, gives examples, infers, interprets, paraphrases, predicts, rewrites, summarizes, translates.

• Application - Applies what was learned in the classroom into novel situations in the workplace
Key Words: applies, changes, computes, constructs, demonstrates, discovers, manipulates, modifies, operates, predicts, prepares, produces, relates, shows, solves, uses.

• Analysis - Distinguishes between facts and inferences
Keywords: analyses, breaks down, compares, contrasts, diagrams, deconstructs, differentiates, discriminates, distinguishes, identifies, illustrates, infers, outlines, relates, selects, separates.

• Synthesis - Builds a structure or pattern from diverse elements
Keywords: categorizes, combines, compiles, composes, creates, devises, designs, explains, generates, modifies, organizes, plans, rearranges, reconstructs, relates, reorganizes, revises, rewrites, summarizes, tells, writes.

• Evaluation - Make judgments about the value of ideas or Materials
Keywords: appraises, compares, concludes, contrasts, criticizes, critiques, defends, describes, discriminates, evaluates, explains, interprets, justifies, relates, summarizes, supports. L1