Plan a project: How to define essential stages

by Andy Bruce

Ensure the success of your business projects by learning to plan activities, predict obstacles, and cover all eventualities. The first task of a project manager is to identify exactly what needs to be done to meet the brief. The success or failure of the project can rely on its initial planning stages, and you need to equip yourself with the skills to analyze, group, and assign tasks to complete your goals. This Element is an extract from Essential Project Management. If you would like to know more, you can buy the whole book—and others in the series—at www.dk.com. Available in print and digital formats.

9 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 15, 2009