Hey folks:
The initiator of this topic, hg93, defines DDP as including certain named elements in an attempt to draw our attention to the fact that certain aspects used to determine the inclination of a project may be more important than others as we strive to achieve the project’s ‘aim’ or ‘objective’.

How do we measure success of a project? Only when this objective is achieved.

Early on in his lecture, Prof. Simone defined a project as follows:

A SERIES OF TASKS THAT WHEN COMPLETED CREATE A NEW OBJECT OR CAPABILITY

This is really what a project is: — a series of tasks— that yield something of interest.
If this simple definition is not sufficient for you, you can think of a project as being

“a collaborative enterprise, involving research or design, that is carefully planned to achieve a
particular aim. It can also be viewed as a set of interrelated tasks to be executed over a fixed
period and within certain costs and limitations”

Come to think of it, I prefer to liken a project to an AMOEBA under a microscope of several objectives able to place their focus at a given point, the amoeba for a unique (a particular) purpose.

As we already know, an amoeba is likely to go to any direction depending on its environmental factors. The several objectives of the microscope above are each specialized to detect certain aspects of its inclination; once detected the objective’s (eyepiece’s) reaction is automatic in creating a corrective measure designed to prevent the amoeba from going in a direction that will prevent our hitting a target.

The measure of our projects success in only when the target (aim or objective) is hit.

What I am really saying is that for our project’s aim to be met, all objective of the microscope must be kept in focus on the amoeba – the project. In other words, all tools to keep our project going in right direction must be considered as important as any others. None of the tools can be more important than any of the others.

Thank you.

Andrew Disame