Absolute Beginner's Guide to Project Management

Chapter 5. Planning a Project

In this chapter

• Understand the key principles of effective project planning

• Learn the important questions that project planning should answer

• Understand that a project plan is not a Microsoft Project file

• Review the essential elements for a project plan

• Learn how to develop a project plan

• Learn how to avoid the common project planning mistakes

The journey continues…

As is true with defining a project, project planning is essential for project success. In defining a project, we ensure that we agree on what we will do and who will be involved. In planning a project, we focus on how the work will be done. This involves both how the deliverables will be developed and how the project will be managed. Thus, project planning involves ...