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Apple suggests to stick with the known menu naming: File Edit View … Windows Help. What to do if our application does not work on files directly, but rather on “projects” (a project may work on multiple directory structures)? Should I rename “File” to “Project” or use “File” though the menu items operate on projects?
I think you should use ‘Project’ because it more accurately reflects your user’s mental model while they use your app.
A nice rule of thumb is to ask yourself how easy this is to document. If it’s hard to document it is probably hard to use. Saying “to work with a project, first open the ‘File’ menu…” is clunky and, for me, falls into the “hard to document” category.