: For all other uses, see Project (disambiguation). A project in business and science is a collaborative enterprise, frequently involving research or design, that's carefully planned to achieve a particular aim. Overview The word project comes from the Latin word projectum from the Latin verb proicere, "to throw something forwards" which in turn comes from pro-, which denotes something that precedes the action of the next part of the word in time (paralleling the Greek πρό) and… (More on Project)