Building a Plan

Developing a Plan requires strategic planning for when critical elements of the project will be completed. Project management is multi-faceted and extremely difficult to learn because no two project require the same ingredients to be successful. To address this we will learn a couple of steps you can take to be better prepared for outlining future projects. 

• Duration & Usable Days – Start with the beginning and end date for the project. How many days do you have available to to work on the project. 

• Problem – Write out the Plan. “I am developing (definition) to help (targeted audience) (solve a problem).”

• Major Milestones – Once you are comfortable with the big picture you may start drilling down to the specifics.

  • Analysis

  • Marketing & Branding

  • Product Development

  • Costs and Profits

  • Presentation

• Minor Activities – Drill down from your major tasks and determine who is responsible for the tasksand when they will be due. 

  • Analysis

    • Individual

    • After Final Iteration

  • Marketing & Promotion

    • Packaging

    • Logo

    • Name

  • Product Development

    • Product Development Sheet - Page 1

      • 1st Iteration

        • Survey

        • Complete Summary Graphs of Survey Information

    • Product Development Sheet - Page 2

      • 2nd Iteration

        • Survey

        • Complete Summary Graphs of Survey Information

  • Costs and Profits

    • Calculate Specific Costs of Ingredients and Packaging

    • What is the Revenue - Costs = Profit Formula for your good

  • Presentation

    • Visuals

    • Verbal

• Schedule Control – Use the calendar to track the progress of the project. Adjustments will have to made but most importantly, people will have to put more time in as needed.

• The goal of the planning phase is to better understand who, what, why and when of your startup needs. 

At this stage in the development of the problem-solving process you should be able to complete the following statement:

"I am developing (definition) to help (targeted audience) (solve a problem)."

Vocabulary

• Product Development

• Project Management

• Target Audience

Student Activity

Create a plan of action to complete our candy project in 11 days. 

You will need to make a copy of an updated calendar.docx. This should have the correct dates and year.