Educational Planning

The deadline is ...

• how long the product needs to last

• the date when the product needs to be ready to be published

• when the client wants you to start working

• when you will get paid by the client

A work plan should...

• ensure a project is completed on time

• ensure that you make money

• the target audience likes your product

• the client likes your product

The task list is ...

• a list of people needed to complete the project

• a list of resources needed to complete the project

• a list of important times during the project

• a list of the main things needed for the project

Activities are ...

• the things you need to do to complete each task

• the resources you need to have to complete each task

• the money you will be paid for each task

• the people you need to complete each task

Contingency is ...

• time AFTER the deadline with no planned work to catch up

• time BEFORE the deadline with little planned work

• spare time BEFORE the deadline with no planned work

• time AFTER the deadline with little planned work

Contingency is important because ...

• minimizes the risk of project over running

• it allows you to catch up missed things in your plan

• it allows you to catch up when you have had problems

• all of these

A budget is...

• the things you need to make your project

• the people you need to make your project

• the time you need to make your project

• the money you need to make your project

Does having a work plan guarantee project success...?

• No

• Yes

• No but it helps

Planning is considered to be rigid because:

• it provides a course of action to be followed

• it does not consider changes in business environment

• it lays the fixed path for managers to follow

• all the above

this is a type of planning which is fundamental to all plans

• strategy

• objective

• policy

• budgets