Favourite quotes about planning

Planned works make sense when it is executed and updated till it reaches completion period

The very famous "Failing to plan is planning to fail".



Here’s also a definition of the Project Plan from the article Do You Speak Project?:



Project Plan - A deliverable assigned to the most annoying person on the project.

Planning without action is futile, action without

planning is fatal.

"Plans are only good intentions

unless they immediately degenerate into hard work."

Refuse good advice and watch your plans fail;

take good counsel and watch them succeed.

The menu is not the food.



The map is not the territory.



The plan is not the project.

what you need is not necessarily what you want



thus specifications exist

Need teaches a plan

allow me to go back to basics, what is a Plan?



Can it be derived from a single opinion or several thoughts?



If a Plan is collectively thought and failed, who planned it?



If only one did the Plan and it failed, who’s fault is it?



I still stands that Planning starts and ends with a question mark until you realized it.

“If everything is going exactly to plan, something somewhere is going massively wrong.”

The more you plan the luckier you get.”



“The sooner you get behind schedule, the more time you have to make it up.”

SS, FF and constraints are for use, not for abuse.

I second mike.

Hi Mike,



"When an irresistible force meets an immovable object" What do you think will happen?



I still believe that SS and FF have its purpose.



Sorry for not supporting your campaign.



best regards

Plans maybe designed for good or bad, and to win or lose, but when can you say that a Plan is not sound for its purpose?

When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal.

Hi Anoon



when can you say that a Plan is not sound for its purpose?



Sorry - couldn’t resist it - when a plan has SS FF Links and lead/lags and constraints.



Best regards



Mike Testro

after all you will only realize that planning always ends with a question mark...?



until you act...

Planning is bringing the future into the present so that you can do something about it now”



Let your plans be dark and as impenetratable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.”

"Once we accept our diferences, working together is the perfect match"

That is also true, but one must be very aware that "diferent" is not equal to "superior" or "inferior".



Respecting Margaret Thatcher’s quote, I think it is true becuse we MEN tend to DO things the way we think is the best way and WOMEN tend to SAY things the way they think is the best way. Think about it, it gives a whole new meaning to Mrs. Thatcher’s quote.



Independently from that, and regardless from the gender, One should be aware of what he/she does is consistent with what he/she says.

Copied sentence



Every men success there will be women behind it in the same way every project managers success there comes a planner

Hi Carmen,



i would like to quote this - "if there are no details, there is no schedule to be defined"



This is specifically intended to Design Engineers doing engineering.



best regards

Hi All



This has nothing to do with planning but it does encapsulate the cinstruction industry.



Endeavour to make money honestly - otherwise make money.



Horace - Poet in the Reign of Augustus.



Best regards



Mike Testro

"If you want something said, ask a man

If you want something done, ask a woman"

True.



Let a man say: "I have a dream...", let a woman do some jobs for ex-President Clinton.

Let a woman win two nobel Prizes, Let a man say: "I like big butts"



Everyhing depends on the person, not its genre, race, country or social status.

Carmen, may I ask, are you a disciple of Charlie or does sexist crap come easy to you too?

"Never look back once u planned to head forward,progress might move behind or ahead but keep scheduling your plan till u reach our goal"



- progress it through a plan

Shahul

Hi Lawrence



Welcome to the Planet.



We look forward to your continued contribution.



Meanwhile I would question the premise in your favourite planning quote:



Lack of planning on your part does not constitute a crisis on my part.



It might do if if your development is now very late and your contractor is eating up your finance.



As for - CPM gives one the illusion of control. - Absolutely spot on.



Best regards



Mike Testro

I’m new to PP and just saw this thread. Here are my favorites:



Lack of planning on your part does not constitute a crisis on my part.



and





CPM gives one the illusion of control.

Hi All



Just read this in todays Daily Mail



I believe in planning ahead - becaaauuuuse - If you spend enough time planning you never actually have to do anything.



Garfield.



Best regards



Mike Testro

Because delay analysis is my ’thing’ I quite like these two:



"I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by."

Douglas Adams (of ’Hitchhikers Guide...’ fame).



"The only person who got everything done by Friday was Robinson Crusoe"

Anon

Hi Shahul



Try telling that to the guys at Multiplex when building the new Wembley Stadium.



How about this one -



You can allow for the unforeseen but you can’t plan it.



Or



The best laid plans of mice and men oft gang awry



Robbie Burns - the great scottish drivelist.



Best regards



Mike Testro

Planning is a inbuilt common sense every one has.

I have a few favourites,

I can’t believe no one has posted,



"To Fail to Plan is to Plan to Fail"



and I also like



"Make your plan idiot proof and they will build a better idiot!"



Doug

This post is fun as hell!!!



Mike, that was a great overcome to Gwen’s Quote, I was LOL!!!

Also, David’s research is quite interesting.



Here’s my two cents. Not exactly a quote but some basics:



"You can have your project in time, in cost or in good quality. Choose two"



I think I read it in "Microsoft Project for dummies"

I have achieved 4.16% progress on this theory, currently.



This is calculated as 11.11% resource met and 37.5% activity complete.

Hi David



Have you researched this theory to its limit?



Best regards



Mike Testro

When resourcing, remember, inseminating 9 women will not give you a baby in one month!

Not so much quotes, but a couple of terms I’ve used all-too-often when reviewing junior planner’s schedules:



Forepasts: Forecasted dates which have not been updated, and are showing to be in the past without any actual progress



Factuals: Activties showing actual start / finish / progress claimed after the data date. Short for forecasted actuals.

Refer to Gwen Quote



Firstly, no need to crucified her since she was crucified long time ago. what we have now is a reincarnation. let her enjoy her time in PP.



Secondly, the facts remains that women are good in multi-tasking, Just observe your mother, your girlfriends, your wives...



Thirdly, as multi-taskers, women brains plans so fast, faster than the latest micro chips in the range of nano



and lastly, aside from being good in planning, women are good speakers, they speak a lot to the point of nagging. This is natural for them because women have two lips, the upper lips and the lower lips.



So as a favorite quotes about planning and in dedication to International Women Days: "To You Woman I Adore"



I love my daughter, I love my wife, I love my mother.



Cheers,

Happy Planning and Scheduling

Hi Francis



I have been married - to the same lady - for 43 years.



You get less time for murder.



Best regards



Mike Testro

In marriage life, can we plan to have multiple relationships?.. Oh!... You should have Early and late dates to leave and arrive at home....So much constraints it have...Husbands must be at home per day... Take note, pooring of concrete should not be delayed caused by others.



If you are always delay and your wife catch you? Can you request for time extension (EOT) for your marriage?....Im sure your wife will suggest for acceleration plan...



Im sorry Im tired. I have to sleep...

In our time, Einstein theory of Relativity has been proven.. YES!.... After decades of research.......No!......I can’t even imagine how to plan a project if BACK TO THE FUTURE MOVIE and TIME TRAVEL exists today..



Can you have a plan in a 4 dimensional world?

Living without a plan is like walking without a sight.

Hi All



Lets not forget Andrew Dick’s contribution to another thread - A Little Light Relief:





It is a bad plan that admits of no modifications. - Publius Syrus 42 BC



Hi Gwen



The point is that since girls have no balls of their own to juggle with they spend most of their time planning to juggle someone elses.



Best regards



Mike Testro

Someone’s sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.

Warren Buffett



In Planning:

Sitting in the shade - keyboard jockeys (replacement)



Who planted - excellent planner who do the program but already left for better offer

Real Life Quote when asked why women make better Planners than men?



Why? Women can juggle more than two balls at the same time.



Ohhh I just know I will get crucified for that one!

Hi Stephen



I know very little about Jack Hobbs but I was once a millionaire.



After 4 years work in Tokyo I came back with a million in the bank - Yen that is.



Worth about 4 cents in Zimbabwe today.



The way the Bank of England is printing money we could all be £ millionairs and envy the slumdogs in Bombay for their upmarket lifestyle.



Funny old world innit.



(1st centrury to England after they won the toss - it aint over til the last over)



Please don’t try to explain the intricacies of the game to Charleston - he is already a world expert on the subject.



best regards



Mike Testro

"Is there a positive way for a poor man like me to live like a king, ala Slumdog Millionaire."



Only if you know that Jack Hobbs had 197 first class centuries.

Anoon,



Your post is so sad, full of gloom



While it is true that planning is weathering the present financial crisis,



Is there a positive way for a poor man like me to live like a king, ala Slumdog Millionaire.



Cheers,

Happy Planning and Scheduling