Quick answer
PM 101: a project is temporary work with a goal — managed through scope, time, cost and people; the craft is making promises you can keep and seeing problems before they land.
What a project is
Temporary + unique output — not operations; it ends, and ‘done’ is defined.
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The five pieces
Initiate (authorize) → Plan (scope/schedule/money) → Execute (the work) → Monitor (track and fix) → Close (accept and learn).
The triangle
Scope, time, cost — change one, the others move; the negotiation is the job.
The people part
Stakeholders, roles, communication — most projects fail on people, not plans.
Bottom line
PM 101: a project is temporary work with a goal — managed through scope, time, cost and people; the craft is making promises you can keep and seeing problems before they land.
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