a project conducted on a small scale to demonstrate the effectiveness of an approach, such as to treat wet weather pollution or limit storm water from getting into a collection system.
1. A project designed to test a preliminary version of an information processing system under actual but limited operating conditions and which will then be used to test the definitive version of the system. 2. A project to develop a limited version of a system to be used under restricted, yet real, conditions to gain experience for the development of a full-scale system.
A project conducted between two of more EDI trading partners to test the viability of a proposed EDI system.
activity planned as a test or trial; "they funded a pilot project in six states"
a once-through test, which leads to refining the design, and then to full implementation of a larger undertaking
a very inexpensive way to test the effectiveness of our online learning
a way for an agency to test and refine a new system with a production data base before committing significant financial and human resources to full-scale implementation
An initial or small-scale effort designed to test an idea or working approach. Pilot projects are usually undertaken with the intention of replicating or widening the scale of implementation at a later stage.
A small-scale version of a large project: Many utilities like to test ideas and potential actions on a small pilot level before they commit to a large investment.
A pilot project serves as an advance or experimental version or sample of an operation.
A pilot project is a project which breaks new ground and provides new ideas, new ways of doing things, carried out on a trial basis. Pilot projects are normally small and are designed so that lessons can be drawn from them and that can be replicated if they were successful.