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projectized

projectized is the simple past and past participle of projectize.

Meaning of projectize

Verb

projectize (third-person singular simple present projectizes, present participle projectizing, simple past and past participle projectized)

  1. To organize using project management techniques such as defined deliverables, fixed timeframes, performance goals, project-based budgets, etc.
    • SDC historically has built into its genes, even built into the software business genes, this projectize mentality—the only way you can build software is to projectize it.1991, Michael A. Cusumano, Japan's Software Factories: A Challenge to U.S. Management

Adjective

projectized (comparative more projectized, superlative most projectized)

  1. Having an organizational structure based around project teams rather than functional groups.
    • Each projectized team's life span is temporary (Eom & Lee, 1999; Kharbanda & Stallworthy; Porter & Lilly), and the team works towards the solution for a specific problem or a new product for a client, again similar to a project team or a^([sic]) even a task force team (Eom & Lee).2002, Luiz Antonio Joia, IT-Based Management: Challenges and Solutions, →ISBN
    • The project managers are happy campers in a projectized organization. A functional organization and a projectized organization are on the opposite ends of the spectrum of a project manager's authority.2008, Paul Sanghera, Fundamentals of Effective Program Management, →ISBN

Forms of projectized

comparativemore projectized
superlativemost projectized

Questions about projectized

What does projectized mean?
Projectized means having an organizational structure based around project teams rather than functional groups.
What is projectized the simple past and past participle of?
Projectized is the simple past and past participle of projectize.
What part of speech is projectized?
Projectized is an adjective.

Words near projectized in the dictionary

  1. projectivized
  2. projectivizes
  3. projectivizing
  4. projectization
  5. projectize
  6. projectized
  7. projectizes
  8. projectizing
  9. projectment
  10. projectments
  11. projectome

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Adapted from Wiktionary: projectized (page history and authors); projectize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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