Planning

In the words of Winston Churchill, “Plans are of little importance, but planning is essential.”

Plans are simply lists of objectives towards fulfillment and completion. Planning. It is the thinking ahead, the anticipation of what’s to come and the willingness to adapt as circumstances change. It is maintaining a plan, ensuring that one stays relatively on course towards completion. It is the organization (and often re-organisation), prioritization and fulfillment of minor tasks culminating in the fulfillment of the endeavour and as such is essential in collaborative or individual pursuits in any line of work.

Planning is quite flexible and ever-changing as it adapts to progress, or lack of progress, towards completion. Good planning is indicative of this fluidity; the progression from one task flows into the next while it is swerves along with the ever changing currents.

Our group developed an overall plan that outlines our goals throughout the semester. Given that the plan defined which tasks each person had to accomplish and by what date, we were all able to gain a full enough understanding to develop our own individual plans to manage our time effectively. As mentioned before plans are adaptable, and whether the adaptation is a result of poor time management or a change in circumstance, a good plan can be revised. This re-iterative process is a key function of a plan, and what sets it apart from a mere direction, and giving it a role more along the lines of a steering wheel.

Good planning reaps rewards, poor planning impends failure. It is very important to plan all along the way during a collaborative project like ours.