project
Harv enjoys living in his head — the essence of loner/hermit? He (his brain) projects 24/7 [project: noun: 2: obsolete : IDEA.], that is, ideates. As an engineer, he designed (project: verb: 1a:). As a controller, he planned (1b: to plan, figure, or estimate for the future). As an engineer, he managed projects. Those projects had terms like, “Gantt Charts, PERT, CPM, and PERT/CPM” https://www.smartsheet.com/content/pert-critical-path#:~:text=in%20managing%20projects.-,How%20to%20Find%20the%20Critical%20Path%20on%20a%20PERT%20Chart,start%20times%20are%20the%20same.
project: noun: 1: a specific plan or design : SCHEME. 2: obsolete : IDEA. 3: a planned undertaking: 3a: a definitely formulated piece of research. 3b: a large usually government-supported undertaking. 3c: a task or problem engaged in usually by a group of students to supplement and apply classroom studies. 4: an usually public housing development consisting of houses or apartments built and arranged according to a single plan. verb: 1a: to devise in the mind : DESIGN. 1b: to plan, figure, or estimate for the future. 2: to throw or cast forward : THRUST. 3: to put or set forth : present for consideration. 4: to cause to jut out. 5: to cause (light or shadow) to fall into space or (an image) to fall on a surface. 6: to reproduce (something, such as a point, line, or area) on a surface by motion in a prescribed direction. 7: to display outwardly especially to an audience. 8: to attribute (one's own ideas, feelings, or characteristics) to other people or to objects. intransitive verb: 1: to jut out : PROTRUDE. 2a: to come across vividly : give an impression. 2b: to make oneself heard clearly. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/project