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Project Planning and Behaviors
Many people think of planning as the sequential application of planning tools (like knowing how to build a project schedule) to produce a project execution plan. Well, they are right, and they are also wrong.

Planning is more than applying tools, and the result is more than a document. When properly done, planning is the first step in establishing a valuable team and the individual behaviors that will increase the probability that you meet your project goals.

The chart to the left is a 5-point model for a planning process.

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