we began our discussions, in the early part of the semester, by saying that a pr
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we began our discussions, in the early part of the semester, by saying that a project has to have a DEFINED ending to be considered a project. Think about a PROJECT you know of or you are familiar with. Tell me a sentence or two about the project and provide us with the DEFINED ending of the project.
For example, the NASA mission in the 1960s was a series of major programs leading to landing a man on the moon by the end of the decade. Was this effort, according to our classroom definitions, a project? And was the Apollo 11 landing on the moon in July 1969 a defined ending?
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Take a project that most people are familiar with, such as baking a cake. You start with raw ingredients, or thoughts/goals. As you combine the proper items in the correct order and amount, the batter forms. You have cake batter, is that the same thing? Probably not, as there is baking, cooling and frosting before it's complete. So unless you either bake it or find that it cannot be baked, your project is incomplete.
Your NASA example shows a thought/goal, which was having a man on the moon. Affording to the definition, the moon landing was a defined ending, because it shows the goal reached, or a culmination of events which led to the landing.
What if it had proved impossible - people died, the rocket would not exit the atmosphere? There would still be a defined, if undesired, ending. Per the definition, had the rocket to the moon failed, it would still have been a defined end.
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