Which of the following is the definition of a project?

Question

Options

• ATemporary endeavor undertaken to create a temporary business process or product
• BTemporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product, service, or result
• CPermanent endeavor that produces repetitive outputs
• DTemporary endeavor that produces repetitive outputs

• A
  3% (1)
• B
  74% (26)
• C
  9% (3)
• D
  14% (5)

Explanation

B is correct because it matches the PMI/PMBOK definition verbatim: a project is a temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product, service, or result. Both characteristics - temporary (has a defined beginning and end) and unique (not routine or repetitive) - are essential to the definition.

Why the distractors fail:

• A is wrong because the output isn't "temporary" - a project may be temporary, but it creates something lasting (a product, service, or result), not a temporary business process.
• C is wrong on both counts: projects are not permanent (they end), and they don't produce repetitive outputs - that describes ongoing operations.
• D is wrong because while "temporary" is correct, projects produce unique outputs, not repetitive ones - repetitive output is the hallmark of operations, not projects.

Memory tip: Think "T.U.P.S.R." - a project is Temporary and produces a Unique Product, Service, or Result. If something is ongoing or churns out the same thing repeatedly, it's an operation, not a project.

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