Where Do Projects Come From?

Thinking of either the organization within which you work or an organization for which you hope to work someday, I want you to identify at least four sources of projects. Select at least one internal driver of a project and at least one driver of a project from an external source.

In addition to identifying these four sources, provide an overview of the path these ideas may take until they arrive as being chartered projects assigned to a project manager. What type of evaluation or pre-assessment may be taking place? Provide some insight into who are the major stakeholders and influencers as these ideas transition into actual projects.