Project / Task Planning 101

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Being a manager, in most cases, you would want your employees to come up with a plan for meeting their goal. In some cases, like where goals are really important and challenging, or when the employee is new to project planning, you may have to work together with him/her and follow the following steps to set, plan and work towards achieving the goal(s):

1. DETERMINE THE TASKS NEEDED TO ACHIEVE THE GOAL: In the first step you find out which are the crucial components of the goal / objectives and divide it into more specific objectives and tasks. If some of the divided tasks seem too large given the resources, then divide them further into smaller parts. Some of the tasks might be completed simultaneously while some of the tasks might be sequential. So divide the tasks accordingly and make a list of all the tasks required. This will make the process more systematic and can make complex projects into manageable ones.
2. PLAN ON THE TIMING OF EACH TASK: Describe the desired r (...) Read more? Sign up for free
   

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