Driving Clarity from Requirements to Planned Work

In this chapter, we’ll delve deeper into the key management areas we discussed earlier, starting with plan management. We’ll build on the Mercury program example to inspect all stages of creating a plan at both the project and program levels.

We’ll dive into plan management by exploring the following:

• Driving clarity from requirements to planned work

• Planning resources in a technology landscape

• Exploring the differences between a project and a program

Let’s start planning!

The significance of clarity in plan management

Previously, we discussed the importance of driving clarity in all aspects of a project or program. Out of all of the areas where driving clarity is needed, plan management is the most important.

When writing a project plan, we might find ourselves asking why.

Author's experience: Why are we doing this? Every time I'm writing a project plan, I ask myself this, even though crafting these ...