Planning is one of the most important project management and time management techniques.
Planning is preparing a sequence of action steps to achieve some specific goal.
If you do it effectively, you can reduce much the necessary time and effort of achieving the goal.
Definition
Planning is the process of setting goals and choosing the actions to achieve those goals.
It attempts to define the future road map of an organization.
Planning takes organization to where it wants to be.
It is the prime instrument for directing efforts.
According to Ricky Griffin “ Planning is setting an organization’s goal and deciding how best to achieve them.”
Planning bridges “Strategic gap”
Strategic gap is the difference between the existing state and the desired state
Management
Organizing
Staffing
Leading
Controlling
Planning bridges this gap as follows: