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 Integrative
assessment |
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This unit covers the basic approaches and techniques
of planning a project, and how they can be used to maximise success | 
To help you learn how to:
- Describe the need for, and methods involved in, planning a project
- Create
a set of plans covering activities, resources, cost and time
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 Planning
principles
- the principles behind planning and
the need to produce plans for projects
- how plans
should be structured
- the stages and phasing of
projects and the impact these have on plans
- the
iterative nature of planning
- applying the concept
of plan tolerance
Planning
approach and supporting techniques - planning
techniques available, their strengths and weaknesses, and their suitability in
different circumstances
- how to identify activities
and deliverables, including breakdown structures
- dependencies
and interdependencies within and between plans
- applying
estimating principles and techniques
- identification
of project resource needs, sources for project resources and the options available
to obtain them
- scheduling project resources,
activities and costs
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 Next
- Project planning |
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