Chapter 3. Improving the Planning Process

It is incredible that so few project plans are the product of a coherent planning strategy. How can a process so predicated upon the importance of a clear and detailed development plan be itself so poorly planned? The very planning process that strives to avoid the horrors of seat-of-the-pants programming is itself typically a seat-of-the-pants process.

This section discusses various topics relevant to creating a software blueprint, starting with the need to adopt a comprehensive plan for attaining that goal.

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