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How Much to Plan
Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the rst four
sharpening the ax.
Abraham Lincoln
So it is clear that planning is important to success. Now we should ask how
much planning should be done in projects. Surprisingly little research has
been done in this area, although one would assume that this kind of guid-
ance would be useful for project managers and researchers. Let’s review
the research that is available in this area.
HOW MUCH TO PLAN IN IT
Daly (1977) in a paper on soware development stated that for soware
projects, planning (i.e., schedule planning) should be 2% of total project
cost and specications ...