ABSTRACT
This chapter defines projects, including aviation industry projects, it has been admitted that some projects are so surrounded by uncertainty that they cannot be define adequately before work starts. Every aviation project should be defined as accurately and fully as possible before it allowed starting, regardless of its type, size, complexity, or industrial setting. The investor must know how the money will be spent and what benefits can be expected in return. The contractor and others responsible for carrying out the project must know the extent of their commitments before any contract is agreed. The chapter illustrates that project definition a continuous process which begins before a project can be authorized and ends only when the project has been completed and its final as-built state can be recorded. Internal management change projects can consume prodigious amounts of time, money, and other resources but cause considerable harm within and sometimes outside the organization if they fail.
