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Vincent Ding Posted 21 years ago
Vocabulary

Phase VS stage

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0I think that these are pretty much interchangeable, Vincent: phase/stage/step. 'Phase' may carry a nuance of greater complexity. 02br 02br 00PS: it should be '01b 00a02b 00 feasibility study'.

— Mister Micawber

  • 0I think that these are pretty much interchangeable, Vincent: phase/stage/step.
  • 'Phase' may carry a nuance of greater complexity.
  • 02br 02br 00PS: it should be '01b 00a02b 00 feasibility study'.
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0I think that these are pretty much interchangeable, Vincent: phase/stage/step. 'Phase' may carry a nuance of greater complexity. 02br
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0 I think Phase - Stage - Step are of decreasing complexity. Is it correct, MrM? 0-
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0A neat progression, and perhaps often so, BV-- but not ironclad, certainly. 0-
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0 In the specialized field of project management, the word is almost invariably "phase". Here a "phase" is a group of steps or tasks in a larger procedure. In this case (a feasibility study), it's a logical grouping, but a phase is sometimes just any group of activities which can all be finished as a group, enabling the project manager to report, "We've finished Phase II", or whatever. Freque
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Compare it with biology:

Catterpillar stage vs butterfly stage

But childhood phase vs adult phase.

The difference is clear: stages are more defined. You can't really tell when a child becomes adolescent and when adult. So it's a phase. If you listen to the words they also sound that way.

Phase comes from greek: phasis. Means to appear.

Stage comes fr
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Hello,
The idea of phase as being a larger grouping is correct, but its also more arbitrary. However, there is a deeper meaning. "Stages" (like steps) describes qualitatively distinct moments that are sequentially ordered. For example stage 1 MUST come before stage 2 etc. And the different stages are qualitatively different. "Phases" on the other hand describes separate transitions that may be
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