Before any project manager of two types of business execution of parallel and sequential work. How is planned?

- Objective: Each has a specific goal to reach.

-Schedule: Point in time in which they must be accomplished.

-Complexity: Does the technology exist to achieve the project objectives?

-Size and Nature of Task: Step-by-step plan of action.

-Resources: Labor, personnel, equipment, materials, facilities, etc.

-Organizational Structure: The 'meshing' of project requirements into the existing organization.

-Information and Control Systems: These must be structured to handle problems through the typical lines of authority (Prin. of Project Mgmt).

-Describing project scope, alternatives, and feasibility. The understanding of the content and complexity of the project. Some relevant questions that should be answered include:

• What problem/opportunity does the project address?
• What results are to be achieved?
• What needs to be done?
• How will success be measured?
• How will we know when we are finished?
• -Divide the project into tasks. This technique is also known as the work breakdown structure. This step is done to ensure an easy progression between tasks.
• -Estimating resources and creating a resource plan. This helps to gather and arrange resources in the most effective manner.
• -Developing a preliminary schedule. In this step, you are to assign time estimates to each activity in the work breakdown structure. From here, you will be able to create the target start and end dates for the project.
• -Developing a communication plan. The idea here is to outline the communication procedures between management, team members, and the customer.
• -Determining project standards and procedures. The specification of how various deliverables are produced and tested by the project team.
• -Identifying and assessing risk. The goal here is to identify potential sources of risk and the consequences of those risks.
• -Creating a preliminary budget. The budget should summarize the planned expenses and revenues related to the project
• -Developing a statement of work. This document will list the work to be done and the expected outcome of the project
• -Setting a baseline project plan. This should provide an estimate of the project's tasks and resource requirements.