Overview

Planning is where the vision and objectives are broken down into a series of activities that become the responsibility of specific individuals. The interrelationship between activities, resources and times in most projects, particularly if they are complex, is such that unless they are carefully planned, resources can become seriously overloaded.

This theme explores project planning. The project team, with its blend of people, skills and experience, is an essential platform for project success. You'll start your work in this theme by looking at the mix of roles that a project team needs to achieve results. You'll then move on to look at the essential stages of planning and at the tools and techniques that will help you to get the project ready to launch.

In this theme, you will:

• Review the different kinds of roles that are needed in a balanced project team

• Identify the key activities involved in project planning

• Explore two techniques for developing and documenting project plans

• Consider how to launch the project.