Non-project work

How do you call work or activities that are not done as a project?

Examples

• Sales
• Finance
• HR
• Management
• Living in a house vs. building it.

Names - Long list

Name	Notes
Area	This is the first A in PARA from Building a Second Brain
Business as Usual - BAU	[1]
Continuous activities	Source: Quora
Department - Afdeling	Like the department of a company. Seems to fit at times and to completely not fit at other times
Going concern	Sounds like a bookkeeping term, but is quite apt. How does the abbreviation GC look like?
Non-project work	Description, rather than a name. And quite an ugly one [2]
Ongoing processes	[3]
Operations - Activiteiten?	Maybe this is it - Quite simple source
Operationals	Worse than Operations
Operational activities	Let's a description, not really a useful or attractive name
Retainer	Source

Names - Short list

I'm undecided about what term to use. My top-3:

• Area
• BAU
• Operations.

I think that it depends on the context what is the best term ⇒ Let go of it: Use whatever fits the situation and time will tell what it will be.

See also

• Home page » Project management
• Projects have a start & end

Sources

• https://harpoonapp.com/support/post/are-projects-required-to-have-start-and-end-dates
• https://www.quora.com/A-project-management-has-a-definite-start-and-an-end-Explain-how
• https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-difference-between-project-and-non-project-work