Plannning

The term planning explains a process of organising activities which lead towards something in the future. When discussing planning in regards to group collaboration and our project a lot of different factors come into mind such as; length of the project, the feasibility, who is it designed for, why are we doing it. Defining these problems of question will form the basis of the plan for our project, which would traditionally be done before commencing the project.


The length of our project was defined in the brief and is a definite deadline. Along with the length of the project we can thing of segments of the length and can plan in progression targets. Planning and meeting these targets will generally lead to a consist ant flow of work throughout the length, and will mean that you meet your deadline.

Feasibility also relates to time, whether it can be finished in the allotted time, but also things like is our collective knowledge in our group great enough to finish the project. With UT3 introduced as something no one in our group has used before, the feasibility of the project becomes a hard area to define.

The thing about planning is that it can be approached in many different ways. Most of the time a plan will be made before commencing the project although it might not be totally comprehensive because some information is missing (I.e. our knowledge of UT3). When this is the case the plan will keep evolving as the project progresses, when the information needed is found out. In a group environment a plan is important but also communication of when the plan changes.

Edward Everett Hale -
"If you have accomplished all that you have planned for yourself, you have not planned enough."

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Wikipedia: Planning