Characteristics of a project

Projects are the set of information, ideas, plans and movements that are systematized and focused to obtain a specific purpose; thus a project culminates when it is achieved in its entirety or in some of its parts or when the cause or end of it disappears or ends early.

A project can cover a myriad of circumstances from industrial, business and institutional to individuals or private, thus changing their techniques, procedures and tools and we can classify projects in the way following:

• Economic projects: same that can be subdivided into investment projects, economic expansion, cost reduction, industrial, service, tourism, and others.
• Government projects: development (urban or social), infrastructure, roads, transport, social, agricultural, fishing, tourist, industrial, political, military, law, etc. programs.
• Scientific projects: energy, pharmaceutical, technological.
• Personal projects: personal improvement, life, study or work.

Some characteristics common to the projects:

Investigation.- It is the fundamental part, since both the possibilities and the required needs must be investigated, in order to obtain a clear point and a defined purpose.

Planning.- In the planning phase, the guidelines to follow are established to reach the goal or objective that has been established, in this process the material, economic, or human costs are taken into account, in relation to the work that is intended to be carried out, the organization with which the different tasks will be carried out, as well as attempts to foresee possible unforeseen events that delay or stop progress of the project. A methodology is established, with which it will be tried to do the different works necessary for its realization.

Discussion.- This is the phase where the members of the investigation discuss, thus in a legal aspect, this is the discussion of the laws, and in one business is when the shareholders or those in control make the necessary dissertations to draw the conclusions relevant.

Goals.- Goals and objectives are established to which it is intended to reach; establishing primary and secondary objectives that will be carried out in different stages and times, orderly manner trying to carry out each objective or phase according to the plans previously established.

Resources.- The possible resources that are or could have to carry out the project are evaluated, accounted for and collected, whether they are materials (economic, technological, etc.), or human, ensuring that they are sufficient and are at hand when putting into practice what projected.

Deadlines.- Specific deadlines or times are established for the completion of the different stages, as well as for the review of the project, either to add improvements or modifications concerning budgetary, technical, material, technological or human changes, which have not been foreseen in the project original.

Reviews.- These are carried out in all processes and have the purpose of rectifying the steps carried out and it is in these where you can establish changes of direction or transcendental modifications that lead to the good end of the same.

Execution.- It is the stage in which the project is put into practice; the theories and ideas that will later lead to the development, execution and implementation of what has been projected are worked on, executing it and adding the changes that are considered necessary, such as corrections and additions aimed at improving it, which may depend on various factors, for example the availability of resources or the end of the deadlines established.

Ending.- In this phase the project is completed, and in this way the previous steps are completed, obtaining in a positive sense the successful completion of the project and in a negative sense the end of the project for reasons as diverse as unfeasibility, insufficient resources or others that are present.