Project Management Step by Step: How to Plan and Manage a Highly Successful Project

The component tasks and milestones

Breaking big activities into component tasks is something we all do all the time. Whether it is as simple as planning a trip to London – thinking about the three tasks of driving to the station, taking the train to Paddington, and then using the Underground to the final destination – or a complex activity that breaks into hundreds of tasks, decomposition is something we all do naturally. However, in a project it is generally more complex than the activities you are familiar with on a day-to-day basis. Breaking down a major project into the relevant tasks requires lots of thinking and effort. Determining the task breakdown enables you to bring any experience to bear, whether it is your own or anyone else’s familiar ...