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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
Experiment and Pilotprojekt can both refer to introducing an innovation on a trial basis. With an Experiment, the outcome is open and may be unsuccessful. A Pilotprojekt, by contrast, is a limited practical preliminary stage used to test a larger project that has already been planned.
Die Firma testet das neue Arbeitsmodell in einem Pilotprojekt vor der geplanten Einführung.
The company is testing the new work model in a pilot project before its planned introduction.
Die Firma betrachtet das neue Arbeitsmodell als Experiment mit offenem Ausgang.
The company considers the new work model an experiment with an uncertain outcome.
