How to build a great plan

Introduction

The most successful plans are the ones people look at and update often. This page gives three habits that keep a plan useful.

Review it often

Sign in regularly and bring the plan up to date: change dates that have moved, update statuses and mark finished work done. A plan that is only touched at the start soon stops describing the work.

Keep milestones clear and specific

Name a milestone for the event that will happen, such as "Customer invoiced" or "Beta testing completed", so that anyone can tell whether it has been reached. Give each one a single owner.

Share the plan

Plans that are shared with several people tend to stay on track better than plans kept by one person. Add your team, so that each person can keep their own milestones and actions current.