# project (plan)

a purpose that is achieved through an ordered sequence of work

- Computed level: L10 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: all  ·  Arena: emerlex

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [goal](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-goal.purpose), [order](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-order.arrangement), [work](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-work.effort), [purpose](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-purpose.goal)

**Through:** the purpose defines the aim, the arrangement structures the steps, and the effort carries them out, together realizing the planned outcome

**Novel properties:**
- intended trajectory
- structured execution
- purposive coordination

## Examples
- The Apollo program landed humans on the Moon between 1969 and 1972 through coordinated engineering and mission control operations. *(engineering)*
- The Human Genome Project mapped all human genes by 2003 using global laboratory collaboration and automated sequencing. *(biology)*
- The construction of the Burj Khalifa in Dubai required 22 million man-hours and finished in 2010. *(economics)*

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*Canonical: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-project.plan*  
*Structured data: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-project.plan.json*  
*Every definition provably resolves to space, time, energy and pattern.*