Come on Planners
Let’s have a debate “Difference Detween a PLAN and a SCHEDULE;
Plan
- A set of activities to achieve a targeted that may be a new construction, revamping, demolition, maintenance, production chain or a promotion scheme.
- Determine budget, resources and time
Schedule
- Developing logic.
- Use of budget, resources and time
Please ad your comments
Tanveer
I agree with the comments, planning is a precursor to scheduling (or it should be);for more on planning see: http://www.mosaicprojects.com.au/WhitePapers/WP1039_Project_Planning.pdf and http://mosaicprojects.wordpress.com/2010/08/09/project-planning-and-scheduling/
This distinction is clearly made in a new book, Guide to Good Practice in the Management of Time in Complex Projects, for more on The Guide see: http://mosaicprojects.wordpress.com/2010/11/26/the-guide/
What ever you want to do
AND
how you want to do to accomplish a project is PLANNING.
when u give a time sense to it(ACTIVITY, RESOURCE, MONEY ETC), it becomes a schedule. when you ask yourself -when you are going to do it-you schedule it.
WHEN THE TIME TAKEN IS ZERO PLAN = SCHEDULE.
enjoy.
Good topic.
As per my understanding, Planning is all about identifying the best logic for integration of things listed under the heading called schedule.
For Instance
Schedule
a. Resources
b. Money
c. Time
d. List of disciplines involved and so on....
Plan
To link all those listed above in a smart logical way. The process is infinite as the integration depends on ones' expertise, real-time experience, understanding level of project etc.
Plan ( is everything)
Schedule (a model of everything)
If you cannot plan it you are not scheduling, perhaps just working as a keyboard jockey. Learn to plan with same intensity you learn your scheduling tool.
If you use a wrong or limited model then your thinking might be wrong or limited, make sure you use adequate tools.