• A planned undertaking
  
  
• A scheme for which there is a hope of success
  
  
• A task engaged in by a group for a particular purpose
  
  
• A mental concept developed by a group
  
  
• A large enterprise financed by a governmental body

• With Project Managers
  
  
• And Project Staffs
  
  
• Project Meetings
  
  
• And Lots and lots of paper documents
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Isn't this all a big waste!

• societal demand for exponential expansion of human knowledge
  
  
• increased demand for broad range of complex,       sophisticated, customized goods and services
  
  
• cohesive growth and evolution of worldwide influence on
  •       design and development
    
    
  •       production
    
    
  •       and consumption of
  
  
  
• goods and services
  
  
• observation of worldwide project success stories
  
  
  
• All Completed in Shorter Time

• Military conduct in war
  
  
• Governmental operations
  
  
• Large government regulated industrial corporations

1. Increased (not decreased) performance
   
   
   
2. Reduced goal development cost
   
   
   
3. Reduced time of goal achievement

• Design Team Products - goal
  
  
• Detail project plan
  
  
• Resource management
  
  
• Organization and methods
  
  
  
  
• All concentrated on project goal