The process has become totally integrated into the organization. The process will
continue after those who created it have left the organization. An infrastructure to
support this way of doing business exists and provides support for the process and
the individuals following it.
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Other definitions that might prove helpful are:
Development??”The Construction phase of a life cycle, including Maintenance.
Project??”Activities and resources necessary to deliver a product to the customer.
A project is not just a software project. A project can also consist of
many projects. The term program is not used. A project is also expected to
have a start and end date, with a formal project manager assigned. A task
order may be a project or several task orders may make up a project. It all
depends on size, structure of the organization, complexity, deliverable to be
produced, and number of staff assigned to various roles.
Product??”A service or system or tangible output delivered to the customer.
Another term that is used frequently, is extremely important, yet is very diffi cult
to define is organization.
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