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project planning

Project planning is a discipline for stating how to complete a project within a certain timeframe, usually with defined stages, and with designated resources. One view of project planning divides the activity into:

Setting objectives (these should be measurable)
Identifying deliverables
Planning the schedule
Making supporting plans

Supporting plans may include those related to: human resources, communication methods, and risk management.

Computer hardware and software project planning within an enterprise is often done using a project planning guide that describes the process that the enterprise feels has been successful in the past.

Tools popularly used for the scheduling part of a plan include the Gantt chart and the PERT chart.

Related glossary terms: implementation, service assurance (SA), collaborative CRM

Contributor(s): Patricia Vio

This was last updated in March 2007

Posted by: Margaret Rouse

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