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PLANNING – by Hansel Doan
In this short video clip from the opening scene in “The Dark Knight,” we can see that there are a few criminals acting out a planned heist/robbery. We can see that a lot had been planned out from the beginning and we see that there are people in place, doing certain roles, and acting out certain actions. This has all been planned to the t. Not only has this been planned to the t by The Joker, but we can see that he, the mastermind of the heist, planned other things behind the criminals' backs. He planned that they would turn on him—as evidence in the ending of the clip. He planned other criminals to backstab each other. Having planned all of this, he was able to account for all the moves that were to take place. The only thing he did not plan was for the employee to take out a shotgun and kill a few criminals—however, that was taken care of immediately by The Joker. This goes to show that even if all things are planned out, sometimes small blips of randomness can occur.
This is important to know that even if things are all planned out, blips of randomness can occur in project management, nature, life, anything. This is important to know so always consider that randomness can occur. But the important fact of the matter is—the clip shows that The Joker was able to plan out many moves and the moves made by the criminals in the heist. Because of this, he was able to survive the final scene as the bus crashes through the bank and kills the criminal that was about to shoot The Joker.
PLANNING – by Andrew MacGregor
In this scene from the 1998 film Saving Private Ryan, Captain Miller and his men are collaborating a defense strategy against incoming German soldiers. It's an example of effective project planning as they are communicating their current resources, abilities, and assessment of several possible factors.
They predict based on prior knowledge that there will likely be at least one armored vehicle, estimate where the enemy will be, and formulate an effective plan given these factors. They communicate a plan to force the enemy into a bottleneck, disable the enemy tank using a sticky bomb, and provide machinegun fire from a nearby belltower. In their plan they assessed and discussed:
Resources - What do they have that would be of help? What do they not have? What should the plan be, given these factors?
Strategy - How is the enemy most likely to attack? What is the best defense strategy for the likely scenario?
Risks - Will the enemy split up at some point? What will they do in response to such an event? Where will the allied soldiers retreat to?
PLANNING - by Matthew Amorelli
I chose Terminator 2’s Sarah Connor escape scene as planning as it shows how successful execution can be due to great planning.
The scene starts off where Sarah Connor is escaping the mental hospital room by uncuffing herself out with a paperclip, then she uses the same paperclip to unlock the door which she then leads the security guard into a room and takes his staff and beats him up with it.
After doing so she then goes to the hallway and decides to beat up another worker as well as the boss and then tries to run away to only get stopped by the good Terminator(Terminator T-1000) and John Connor who both help Sarah escape.
Project planning relates to project management because without project planning there would be terrible or poor execution and so it is good to plan out how to have good execution. With this example, Sarah Connor planned accordingly with the paperclip and guard but failed to know that the Terminator would be there, let alone help her.
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