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Q&A Is it ok to begin an essay/report with a quote?

I am writing an essay on project management within IT and in my introduction I will give a brief description of project management, to being my essay I was looking at using one of these: Pro...

2 answers  ·  posted 12y ago by Darren Burgess‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T02:05:22Z (over 4 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/4567
License name: CC BY-SA 3.0
License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision by user avatar Darren Burgess‭ · 2019-12-08T02:05:22Z (over 4 years ago)
I am writing an essay on **project management** within IT and in my introduction I will give a brief description of project management, to being my essay I was looking at using one of these:

> 1. Project management is 'A unique set of co-ordinated activities, with definite starting and finishing points, undertaken by an individual or organisation to meet specific objectives within a defined schedule of cost and performance parameters'
> 2. Almost by definition, innovation relies on project management (Wheatley 2004)

Would either (#1 vs #2) of these quotes be an appropriate way to start an essay?

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2011-12-07T11:31:37Z (over 12 years ago)
Original score: 3