ABSTRACT
This chapter deals with the part of project definition that should take place before a project is authorized; the part most relevant to setting the project on the correct course and which plays a vital. It also deals with the technical requirements of a specification but equally important is the way in which responsibility for the work is to be shared between the contractor, the customer and others. In more precise terms, the scope of work required from the contractor, the size of the contractor's contribution to the project, must be made clear. A company whose work involves a large number of small projects can receive proportionately large number of customer enquiries, often as telephone calls. Companies about to tender for large construction or mining projects can make good use of checklists. A feasibility study for a large capital project can be quite an undertaking in itself, perhaps taking one or more years to prepare and costing millions of pounds.
