Sometimes it's easy to think that project planning (Week 3 Project Timelines) is a one-time activity done at the beginning of a project, and the plan (Project Managers aren't BAU) stands until the project close. This is never the case in reality, and can sometimes engender the idea that planning is all just a waste of time.

Planning is not a waste of time, even though plans rarely ever make it a week without needing to be changed. But the idea that plans aren't worth it is built on the false concept that project planning only occurs once. If you change your paradigm to see project planning as an ongoing process - one that continues for the entirety of the project, then it makes sense that project plans would evolve and adapt as project requirements and expectations shift. This is what agile (Agile Methodology) is all about.

As a Project Manager, it's your job to plan things. So do your job well.

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