Planning

Question 1

President Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1957

Answer 1

“Plans are worthless, but planning is everything.”
President Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1957

Question 2

Why Plan?

Answer 2

If you do not plan then control is impossible

Question 3

What Is Planning?

Answer 3

Dictionary Definition:
 The cognitive process of thinking about what
you will do in the event of something
happening
 A series of steps to be carried out or goals to
be accomplished

Question 4

What Is Planning?

Answer 4

 Predicting the future
 Executing the project without committing resources
 Failure on paper
 Communications
 Figuring out what to do
 Requirement if project control is desired

Question 5

Excuses Not To Plan

Answer 5

 I don’t have time
 I already know what to do
 We don’t have enough information
 Cost too much
 Nobody will come to a planning meeting
 I have been successful in the past without planning
 We never follow our plans

Question 6

Common Mistakes In Planning

Answer 6

• Not involving the people who are going to be
• Not getting commitments from those people who are
• going to implement the plan
• Ignoring the resource allocations
• Not providing the time to develop a plan
• Managers planning other people’s work without the knowledge of what needs to be done
• Not developing a written plan