2. PLANNING AND SCHEDULING

Planning for Technical Studies involves
review of physical concepts
handbooks, tables, literature
ethical considerations
environmental
effects on environment
effects of environment
safety
human physiology

Management Planning involves

identifying the key activities (tasks) of the project
and ordering them into the proper sequence

Scheduling consists of:

putting the plan into the required time frame
identifying critical paths

Some considerations
• There is no such thing as a late design report
• Scope the problem to get an answer on time
• The schedule must be continually updated and the scope
  altered as necessary
• Multi-disciplinary, multi-task efforts: one task
  depends upon the successful completion of other tasks
• A proper schedule will allow "leveling" of man-power requirements