When we set a goal like getting a raise or pitching to be included in a new project, for example, I think we go at it a bit backwards.
To Petraeus and his advisers, however, the project presented a prime example of adaptive learning.
Just as he said, this became a classic example of project escalation -- like when you go to hang a mirror and end up buying a boat.
He highlighted Toronto's own "tower renewal" project, retrofitting buildings in a run-down area of town that he hopes will be an example of a carbon-neutral urban renewal project that can be applicable elsewhere.
The Microsoft example is a project that came out of the test group.
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When candidates say in an interview that they led a project or campaign, for example, Siegel asks them to explain the details of how they did it.
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Welfarists and conservation biologists argue over whether, for example, a specific project needs to be put on hold until animal suffering is eliminated, or that a project needs to be terminated if this is not possible.
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She gave the example of a windfarm construction project in her South Thanet constituency, which she said was "much more about heavy engineering than... traditional green jobs".
One current example is a British-American project to build a new armoured vehicle capable of very sophisticated reconnaissance.
For example, regulations say a research project doesn't qualify for the credit if its outcome is "readily determinable and applicable" at the onset.
Its "Predict and Prevent" project, for example, is a disease-eradication program involving health ministries, international agencies and private sector drug and health equipment companies.
One example of a shovel-ready project is the Gallows Road-Lee Highway intersection in the notoriously traffic-clogged suburbs of Northern Virginia outside Washington, D.
For example, a Duke Energy wind farm project in Texas received an environmental waiver in addition to millions in funding.
It is, for example, easy to distinguish between a project engineer, who downloads drawings to build the required parts, and a project administrator, who views those drawings more sporadically in order to chart progress, but does not actually download them on to his own computer.
One example is Bridging the Gap, a research project we commissioned with the Monitor Group to help banks and microfinance institutions better understand the value of empowering their clients to make sound decisions through financial education.
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Another example he did not work on was a project for a financial institution to develop an algorithm that screened for customers who would not be likely to repay their loans, keep them from over-borrowing, and saving the client millions in loan write-offs.
For example, it generally costs 23 cents a word and a project can easily take from 6 to 8 weeks to complete.
For example, repeated studies have shown that the longer a project team stays together without significant changes in its composition, the less likely it is to come up with ideas that lead to innovations.
For example, health care giant Kaiser Permanente is about to begin a project in Georgia to sell the iBGStar alongside other diabetes monitors in its on-site pharmacies.
But he will also need to overcome tensions he helped foster with his hard-line stance on immigration and his inflammatory words as interior minister, when, for example, he promised to clean out a crime-ridden housing project with an industrial power hose.
Of course, the purple Rhyme was a different example but with a similar goal -- it was a special project where Verizon wanted to see if it could make a phone that'd get away from the hyper-masculine Droid aura, and the color was chosen through studies.
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The key: He'd put a science agency, such as the National Science Foundation, in charge of deciding whether a given project qualified, and leave IRS auditors to track paper, making sure, for example, the salaries and expenses supposedly devoted to research really were.
For example, if you want to create a new instance, you need to specify the project that instance will belong to.
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Louis--Nashville, for example--he can usually scour that region's engineering schools and have a project team up and running inside of two months.
For example, Lowes equips floor service personnel with iPhones to help customers find the materials for a project, check stock or grab online coupons to aid purchase.
For example, to make a documentary I go to an indie production company in London, who proposes the project to a broadcaster.
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For example, our local co-working space, The Grove, received assistance through Project Storefronts, a city economic development program to help boost the vitality of the Ninth Square neighborhood.
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Where supportive policy and appropriate incentives have been addressed, results have shown significant improvement, for example, the in-service teacher trainees in NTU project, teachers were given higher status and a salary boost when they accomplished their training courses.
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