Planning is the act of formulating a program for a definite course of action. It is the selection of short and long term plans to achieve those objectives. In planning managers outline the steps to be taken in moving the organization toward its objectives. After deciding on a set of strategies to be followed, the organization needs more specific plans, such as locations, methods of financing, hours of operations, and so on. As these plans are made, they will be communicated throughout the organization. When implemented, the plan will serve to coordinate, or meld together, the efforts of all parts of the organization toward the company’s objectives.[1]
Planning is one of the most important project management and time management techniques. Planning is preparing a sequence of action steps to achieve some specific goal. If you do it effectively, you can reduce much the necessary time and effort of achieving the goal.
A plan is like a map. When following a plan, you can always see how much you have progressed towards your project goal and how far you are from your destination. Knowing where you are is essential for making good decisions on where to go or what to do next. [2]
Like in hierarchy, planning was important in our group to help us set out the path to our final goal. It was essential that the planning was understood by everyone and also agreed by everyone as it is hard work to change the plan as the project is underway. It was then up to us to stay on top of following the plan right through, so we were not distracted from our final objective.
Many companies are experimenting with wiki-based collaboration projects to assist in the planning process. Modern work is collaborative. It’s no longer about few people having the answers and others depending on them for it. Now it’s all about many people having bits and pieces of the answers and each depending on the other for it. Collaboration in desperate need in a company. And were it not for some modern technologies, this need would still not be met. Wikis along with blogs, social bookmarking and the like are giving staff a reason to cheer. Not only is the technology readily available and largely cheap, but for the first time staff can focus on the work and not on working the technology.
Planning is one of the most important project management and time management techniques. Planning is preparing a sequence of action steps to achieve some specific goal. If you do it effectively, you can reduce much the necessary time and effort of achieving the goal.
A plan is like a map. When following a plan, you can always see how much you have progressed towards your project goal and how far you are from your destination. Knowing where you are is essential for making good decisions on where to go or what to do next. [2]
Like in hierarchy, planning was important in our group to help us set out the path to our final goal. It was essential that the planning was understood by everyone and also agreed by everyone as it is hard work to change the plan as the project is underway. It was then up to us to stay on top of following the plan right through, so we were not distracted from our final objective.
Many companies are experimenting with wiki-based collaboration projects to assist in the planning process. Modern work is collaborative. It’s no longer about few people having the answers and others depending on them for it. Now it’s all about many people having bits and pieces of the answers and each depending on the other for it. Collaboration in desperate need in a company. And were it not for some modern technologies, this need would still not be met. Wikis along with blogs, social bookmarking and the like are giving staff a reason to cheer. Not only is the technology readily available and largely cheap, but for the first time staff can focus on the work and not on working the technology.
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