Plan, Plan and Follow the Plan
By Gordon Tredgold Previously I have mentioned that I think planning is one of the dying arts, especially within IT, and that we should invest much more time in training planners and planning projects. However, there is one thing that I actually think is worse than not planning, and thats to spend time and energy planning and then not actually following the plan. Many times I have seen this happen, people get ahead of schedule they think everything is on track, and then they stop to review their progress against their plan. More often than not, this results in failure, either delays or costly budget over runs as they look to get back on track. I am a strong believer in the saying Plan, Plan and Follow the Plan. If we are going to go to the bother of creating detailed plan, then the least we can do is follow…