Planning & Estimating


Why Plan?

  • ‘To Light the way forward’
  • To get buy-in and commitment
  • To communicate, illustrate and share intentions
  • To monitor and control progress, which also provides a means by which to measure success
  • To prepare for the unexpected

    When to Plan

    During Project Startup, Initiation, through out delivery and in close out - to plan the post implementation review and benefits review sessions.

The 7 Successful Steps of Planning

  1. Design
  2. Analyse
  3. Dependencies
  4. Estimate
  5. Schedule
  6. Risk
  7. Communicate