Business & revenue models · Core

Project-based model

Also called: project fees

ELI5

Customers pay for a specific project.

Used in conversation

“The project-based model is exposed to utilisation and scope creep.”

Definition

A model earning fees for defined pieces of work with a start, end and scope.

Here “Project-based model” means: A model earning fees for defined pieces of work with a start, end and scope.

Pitch context

You will see “Project-based model” in strategy decks, market analyses, business plans and planning workshops when the discussion reaches business & revenue models.

Why it matters: It helps a reader interpret business & revenue models without confusing the measure, decision, role or evidence being discussed.

Sources & evidence · 5

Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.