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Hi. My name is Alan Zucker.
I am the curator of the
project management
principles program
for Henry Stewart Talks.
I have over 25 years of
experience managing projects and
project management organizations
in fortune 100 companies.
I live outside of Washington DC
and teach for
several leading
universities such
as the University of Georgia,
the University of Virginia.
I also teach with several
international professional
development organizations
and the National
Institutes of Health.
Today, we're going to begin
our session talking
about project planning
and focusing specifically on
planning our project
scope and requirements.
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So, project planning
is probably one of
the activities most associated
with project management.
Planning is a critical
function it's
a very important thing that
we do as project managers.
Typically, there's a specific
phase at the beginning of
the project where we're
going to engage in planning.
There's really three
primary outcomes from that.
We're going to establish
our baseline scope
our schedule and the
cost of the project.
However, when we
engage in planning,
it's not just we put together
the plans and give it
to the team to execute.
It's really a matter of
iterating and negotiating.
We never come up with
a plan that is just
perfect in terms of these
or all the things we
want, this is how
long it's going to take and
this is what it's going to cost.
It's a matter of
negotiating with our teams,
with our stakeholders
in order to get
a project that meets all
of their needs: scope,
schedule, cost, quality, risk,
and other considerations.
As General Eisenhower said,
plans are nothing, but
planning is everything.
As von Moltke,
the great Russian
military historian said
"No plan survives
contact with the enemy"
or as Mike Tyson a little
bit less eloquently stated
"Everybody has a plan, until
they get punched in the face".
By going through the
process of planning,
we consider our options
or alternatives.
We potentially identify
risks or opportunities.
However, our plans will change.
So, keep that in mind as we
go through these processes.
