How To Plan Work and Schedule Resources

Plan your work and work your plan! Right? No way! "They" change their minds and specs. Why waste time on plans soon to be obsolete? Besides, imprecise plans let us avoid blame. But without plans, there can't be realistic budgets or schedules, no way to refine estimating and bidding for new work, and no way to optimize resource use. Plans are the heart of serious management. How serious are you?