1 Introduction
Planning is at the core of good project management. Competent and accurate planning does not happen by accident: it is developed by learning from experience, using the right techniques at the right time to develop the required information and then acting upon that information.
The plan evolves – or, more accurately, plans evolve as there is usually more than one of them – through a number of steps. Planning itself is not guesswork; rather, it is the systematic calculation of the time activities will take, how much they will cost and when they will be delivered. However, it does involve estimating, making assumptions and therefore taking risks.
By having a clearly defined plan, the project manager will remove ambiguity and be able ...
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