master plan
Overarching scheme ahead
A master plan is a comprehensive strategy that guides all subsequent decisions in a project or endeavor.
Urban planners create master plans for city development; corporations have master plans for growth.
The term often appears with slightly sinister connotations—a villain's master plan—suggesting elaborate scheming: He's got some master plan to take over the company.
Detailed plan forward
- visionAbility to see
- objectivesIntended targets or ends
- goalsIntended end results
- milestonesNotable points of progress
execution · implementation · coordination · timeline · phases · priorities · alignment · initiative
Sectioning areas by use
- developmentProgress toward maturity
- infrastructureBasic physical systems
- land useHow terrain is allocated
- rezoningChanging land-use designation
district · municipal · city planning · transit-oriented · mixed-use · greenfield · brownfield · corridor
Institutional grounds and buildings
- layoutSpatial arrangement of elements
- schematicSimplified technical diagram
- elevationHeight above reference point
- renderingInterpretive depiction or performance
landscaping · circulation · amenities · expansion · renovation · wayfinding · accessibility · parking
roadmap
Detailed plan forward
- visionAbility to see
- objectivesIntended targets or ends
- goalsIntended end results
milestones · execution · implementation · coordination · timeline · phases · priorities · alignment · initiative · framework
zoning
Sectioning areas by use
- developmentProgress toward maturity
- infrastructureBasic physical systems
- land useHow terrain is allocated
rezoning · district · municipal · city planning · transit-oriented · mixed-use · greenfield · brownfield · corridor · density
campus
Institutional grounds and buildings
- layoutSpatial arrangement of elements
- schematicSimplified technical diagram
- elevationHeight above reference point
rendering · landscaping · circulation · amenities · expansion · renovation · wayfinding · accessibility · parking · utilities
- strategystrategy, grand strategy, tactics, tactic, tactical
- campusdorm, dormitory, dormitories, dorms, quad
- planningplanned, planners, to-do lists, calendars, scheduling
- plansmasterplan, outline, blueprint, scheme, roadmap
- business plansroadmap, blueprint, playbook, growth strategy, exit strategy
- campus developmentdormitories, dorms, research centers, labs, libraries
master planimprovisation
Spontaneous, unplanned creation
winging it · spontaneity · ad-libbing · playing it by ear · extemporization
plan, master, mastery, masterpiece, mastered, masterful, mastering, masters, masterly