Planning cycle

Planning is not a one-time activity; rather, planning and execution repeat themselves in a cycle:

Planning cycle

We need to view planning as a cycle, where the plan improves as more cycles of plan-execute-review happen. This also implies that planning is a continuous activity that is intertwined into the execution cycle.

Planning is a series of short cycles of plan-execute-review. After each short cycle, you may have to re-plan or adjust the plan for the next cycle. At the beginning of the project, the knowledge of the given work is at its lowest point; that is, every subsequent day from this day you will know more about this project than you do ...

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