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.