project-based

Organized by tasks

Project-based describes work, learning, or compensation organized around discrete projects rather than ongoing duties or fixed schedules.

A project-based contractor gets paid per completed assignment.

Project-based learning has students tackle specific challenges rather than follow a standard curriculum.

She prefers project-based work to a traditional nine-to-five.

education

learning

Gaining knowledge gradually

assessment · rubric · portfolio · capstone · interdisciplinary · Montessori · experiential · scaffolding · presentation · exhibition

work

contract

Enforceable written agreement

temporary · assignment · deliverable · milestone · deadline · scope · client · invoice · hourly · retainer

organizational

team

Organized cooperative unit

resource · allocation · management · coordination · staffing · rotation · departmental · workflow · collaboration · accountability

Categories
Opposites
work structure and continuity

project-basedongoing

In progress now

continuous · permanent · routine · perpetual · steady

operational approach

project-basedfunctional

Able to operate correctly

departmental · operational · role-based · task-based · hierarchical

Family

base, project, based, projection, projector

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G