Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli  (3 May 1469 – 21 June 1527) was an Italian diplomat, politician, historian, philosopher, writer, playwright and poet of the Renaissance period. He wrote comedies, carnival songs, and poetry. His best-known work The Prince (Il Principe) in 1513.

The Prince is a 16th-century political treatise. The book is sometimes claimed to be one of the first works of modern philosophy, in which the "effectual" truth is taken to be more important than any abstract ideal. The descriptions within The Prince have the general theme of accepting that the aims of princes – such as glory and survival – can justify the use of immoral means to achieve those ends.

IPMA A project is a "unique, temporary, multi-disciplinary and organized endeavor to realize agreed deliverables within predefined requirements and constraints. Achievement of project objective requires these deliverables to conform to specific requirements, including multiple constraints such as time, cost, resources, and quality standards or requirements.

PMI A project is a temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product, service, or result. The temporary nature of projects indicates that a project has a definite beginning and end. Project Management is the practice of initiating, planning, executing, controlling, and closing the work of a team to achieve specific goals and meet specific success criteria at the specified time.

Eduardo Espinheira is a Management Consultant, Facilitator, Manager, Public Speaker with a track record of happier customers.
He leverages individuals and teams to achieve excellence through people engagement, change management with best-practices adoption.
He is the author of the MngtBugs & MngtFixes concepts, the Human Management Newsletter, and the Machiavellian PM character.