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Introduction
The glossary of the fth edition of the PMBOK
®
Guide denes a project as
“A temporary endeavor to create a unique product, service or outcome.”
The eld of project management is then based on guring out: what kind
of endeavor is it?
If we were to dene ice hockey to a visiting Martian as “an activity that
takes place on frozen water, with hooked sticks and a round disk of rubber,”
would we expect the Martian to understand what ice hockey really is? It
would be crucial to explain what kind of “activity,” that ice hockey is a game,
a contest, a team sport. Why does someone want to watch ice hockey? Why
does someone want to play ...