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During the planning stage, you and your team must create definitive answers to three questions:

What? Full and detailed specifications of each of your project’s deliverables
Why? A business case or investment appraisal that demonstrates why your sponsoring organisation should commit the funds and resources to delivering your project
How? Your project plan will show how you intend to deliver your project, and your project controls will demonstrate how you will manage your plan day to day.

Planning and scheduling your project are crucial project management disciplines. In this chapter, we will focus on the leadership elements of project planning. ...

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