The Agile Approach

November 14, 2007

The Perils of Planning

Filed under: Agile, Company, Industry, Process — Tags: , , , — rtolocka @ 7:03 pm

What could be so dangerous about planning, you ask?

Most project managers see planning as the first and most helpful step they can take towards getting their projects off on the right foot.

Yet, in the process of planning, PMs often miss the forest for the trees. Forgetting to re-plan your project, missing the business case, or building a project plan that is too complicated for the effort it is meant to support can doom your plans to failure.

In this blog entry, I’ll talk a bit about each of these risks, and how to avoid them.

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