How do you balance the need for detailed planning with...
Alexandru RosioruChief Information Officer| Ministry of HealthChisinau, Moldova, Republic of
How do you balance the need for detailed planning with the need for flexibility in project management, especially in projects where requirements are likely to change during the project's execution phase? Saving Changes...
What is the "need" for detailed planning? Planning is always commensurate with the level of confidence we have in the information available to us and the degree of uncertainty facing us.
In the situation you indicate, an adaptive approach with high-level scope & solution exploration at the early stages followed by a progressive approach to revealing requirements over the life of the project might be a better fit than a purely predictive one.
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Sergio Luis ConteHelping to create solutions for everyone| Worldwide based OrganizationsBuenos Aires, Argentina
From product requirements you create project requirements. So, if product requirements change then project requirements change. You can plan based on the information you have mainly from product requirements and then from lot of other items like environmental conditions. The challenge is to put everybody aware on that. Saving Changes...
Thomas WalentaGlobal Project Economy ExpertHackenheim, Germany
Alexandru,
if you regard planning as a tool to make stakeholders (including yourself) feel secure and confident, the level of detail depends on the perceived complexity of the task by each group of stakeholders. You can reduce the perception of complexity otherwise instead of detailed planning, e.g. by structuring the project, communicating, rolling wave planning etc. Saving Changes...
Latha Thamma reddiSr Product and Portfolio Management (Automation Innovation)| DXC TechnologyMckinney, Tx, United States
