Project Management Step by Step: How to Plan and Manage a Highly Successful Project

Developing a Project Plan in practice

In the next section I explain the actual steps to develop a Project Plan. The first time you develop a plan you may find it complicated. You may ask yourself all the time, is this good enough? The amount of time and effort you spend planning is a judgement and depends on the complexity of a project. Some project managers do it relatively quickly, while others spend up to 30 per cent of the total project time getting the plan right in the first place. It is a trade-off between planning forever to get the perfect answer versus going too quickly and producing something meaningless. Planning is a valuable activity – and the better your plan, the easier and more reliable your project will be. But also remember ...