Planning

There’s a lot to think about when planning a project:

You need to understand the project requirements. This requires research and meetings with stakeholders - the people who are invested in the project and need it to deliver what it is setting out to do.
You need to plan how long each requirement will take. This may require estimates using past projects as a guide.
You need to arrange the tasks. Can some tasks be done at the same time? Do others need to be done in sequence?
What about delays? How are you building in time for things that could go wrong?
Who is doing each task and have you balanced these up within the team to match the team strengths?
Have you included a way of accommodating any changes through a change request process?
Have you written all this down and clearly set out the project objectives as part of the terms of reference?

Drag and drop the steps for planning a project in the correct order:

Identify project risks which may delay the project and plan in extra time to allow for these.
Create the terms of reference for the project which will be referred to throughout.
Define and plan the tasks and the order in which they will be done.
Estimate how much time is needed for each requirement.
Start the project!
Assign the tasks to team members.
Meet with relevant stakeholders and research the requirements of the project.

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Meet with relevant stakeholders and research the requirements of the project.
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Estimate how much time is needed for each requirement.
3

Define and plan the tasks and the order in which they will be done.
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Identify project risks which may delay the project and plan in extra time to allow for these.
5

Assign the tasks to team members.
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Create the terms of reference for the project which will be referred to throughout.
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Start the project!

Well done, let's move on!