Projects are temporary efforts to create new value through the development of unique products, services, and processes. Some projects are created to quickly resolve problems. Others require extended timelines to produce expected outcomes. Some projects will be a mixture of both of these types. Still, this is all very general information concerning what a project is. When we break them down more specifically, we see that projects are intermixtures of tasks, activities, and deliverables that must be well structured, executed carefully and properly controlled in order to meet their stated objectives and achieve a desired outcome.