5

Plan Management

In this chapter, we’ll start delving deeper into the key management areas I discussed in Chapter 1, starting with plan management. We’ll build on the Mercury program example to inspect all stages of creating a plan both at the project and program levels.

We’ll dive into plan management by exploring the following:

  • Driving clarity from requirements to planned work
  • Planning resources in a technology landscape
  • Exploring the differences between a project and a program

Let’s start planning!

Driving clarity from requirements to planned work

In Chapter 4, we discussed the importance of driving clarity in all aspects of a project or program. Out of all of the areas where driving clarity is needed, plan management is the most important. ...

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