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pilot project
A trial project limited in time and scope, used to test the feasibility and effects of a larger planned project.
Vor der flächendeckenden Einführung wird die neue Software in einem Pilotprojekt an drei Schulen erprobt.
Before the new software is introduced across the board, it will be tested in a pilot project at three schools.
The word is made up of 'Pilot' and 'Projekt'. Here, 'Pilot' does not mean airplane pilot, but has the figurative meaning of 'pioneering' or 'trial-based'. A pilot project tests an idea on a small scale before it is implemented on a large scale.
Die Stadt startet ein Pilotprojekt für autonom fahrende Busse.
The city is launching a pilot project for self-driving buses.
'Pilotprojekt' (pilot project) is often combined with verbs that describe the process from beginning to end. Typical verbs are to 'start', 'carry out', 'support/monitor', and finally 'evaluate' a pilot project.
Nach sechs Monaten wird das Pilotprojekt sorgfältig ausgewertet.
After six months, the pilot project will be carefully evaluated.
A common construction is to describe or launch something 'als Pilotprojekt' (as a pilot project). This emphasizes the trial nature of the undertaking.
Die neue Unterrichtsmethode wird zunächst nur als Pilotprojekt an einer Schule eingeführt.
The new teaching method will initially be introduced only as a pilot project at one school.
experiment
'das Experiment' and 'das Pilotprojekt' both have to do with trying something out. In an 'Experiment', you test something new, and the outcome is open. This can be in science, but also in everyday life. A 'Pilotprojekt' is planned more precisely: it is a small test for a larger project, often in a company, school, or city. Learners may confuse the words because both are a kind of trial. If the point is simply to try something out, 'Experiment' fits better. If a small project is meant to show whether a larger plan works, 'Pilotprojekt' is more precise.
Unser Pilotprojekt läuft erst in zwei Klassen, bevor die ganze Schule mitmacht.
Our pilot project is running in only two classes at first, before the whole school takes part.
Beim Training wagte sie heute ein kleines Experiment mit einer neuen Technik.
During training today, she tried a small experiment with a new technique.