Part IIPlanning the Project

Planning the Project

Congratulations! You have already defined your project as described in Part I. You can’t wait to begin executing. But hold on! I have a couple of questions for you. First, when you are executing your project, how will you know that you are on the right track? Second, during the execution, how will you know that the project is performing in such a way that it will end in success? To address these two and other related questions, you will need to do some planning before you begin executing. Also, to lead the project to success, you want to monitor and control it throughout its lifetime. Planning gives you the tools and the framework to do exactly that. For example, a performance baseline against which ...

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