What has not been planned will not exist!
That´s why you should know how to plan in an effective manner. This short article will help you. In this article you learn HOW to plan. In the next courses you will learn WHAT you should plan.
If you want to know more about HOW to plan or if you want to add something feel free to contact us or write in the discussion panel
Goals
Each Plan needs goals. Defining your goal will be part of the first step in preparation.
Goals should be SMART. That means:
Specific, means uniquely defined
Measurable, means you should be able to say exactly wether the goal was reached or not
Attractive, means a bit challenging
Realistic, means reachable, not too challenging
Timed, means there should be a Deadline
The art is to devide the main goal into smaller parts.
In this topic, we make this devision, we show you the possible goals, but without strict deadlines. You have to set them on your own.
Milestoneplan
You have your main goal. But you have to cut it into subgoals. They are called milestones. Kick-off is such a milestone. You should collect all the milestones in a plan. They should also be SMART goals
It should look like this:
Don´t know how to fill it? We help you with that in the next courses.
You find a milestone template here
Please help us with Building up a Milestone Plan! What do you think are important Steps in each Community Buildup?
Working Schedule
You wrote down your milestonplan? Good! Now cut it into smaller pieces. They are called working packages. Together they form the working schedule. For each working package following information is important:
Goal
Success Criteria
Implementation Plan
Overview
Start & End
You see a little example here
At the end of the community building topic you will find a template with all the steps you need to go. (Actual it is just a summary of that course)
This is how to make a project plan. Now let us explore, which content have to be in this plan.
