planning
Mapping future actions
Planning is the process of thinking about and organizing what you will do.
It involves setting goals and deciding how to achieve them: We're still in the planning stages, urban planning, financial planning.
Planning suggests deliberate forethought rather than improvisation.
Good planning anticipates obstacles; poor planning invites them.
Assigning times to events
- coordinationOrganized cooperative movement
- logisticsCoordination of complex activities
- agendaFormal discussion list
- structureArrangement of interconnected parts
timeline · sequencing · arranging · allocating · prioritizing · delegation · workflow · calendar
Methods to achieve goals
- approachWay of handling something
- methodologyFormal procedural framework
- gameplanPredetermined course of action
- schemeCalculated strategy, often secretive
execution · maneuvering · policy · objectives · goals · targets · milestones · roadmap
State of awaiting something
- forecastingEstimating future conditions
- budgetingAllocating funds systematically
- provisioningSupplying resources in advance
- readinessState of being prepared
resourcing · estimating · scoping · appraising · benchmarking · risk assessment · due diligence · groundwork
Detailed technical drawing
- schematicSimplified technical diagram
- layoutSpatial arrangement of elements
- draftPreliminary version of text
- sketchHasty informal drawing
diagram · architecture · rendering · prototype · wireframe · mockup · specifications · elevation
Spontaneous idea generation
- conceptsAbstract mental constructs
- ideasMental creations or plans
- creativityCapacity for original thought
- innovationCreating something original
vision · conceptualize · problem-solving · whiteboard · mind map · possibilities · options · alternatives
Ability to see
- aspirationsDeeply held goals
- forecastingEstimating future conditions
- projectionSomething that extends outward
- outlookAttitude toward the future
horizon · long-range · retirement · estate · succession · financial · career · family
Sectioning areas by use
- developmentProgress toward maturity
- infrastructureBasic physical systems
- municipalOf city government
- cityLarge populated area
land use · rezoning · permit · ordinance · commission · transit · density · mixed-use
scheduling
Assigning times to events
- coordinationOrganized cooperative movement
- logisticsCoordination of complex activities
- agendaFormal discussion list
structure · timeline · sequencing · arranging · allocating · prioritizing · delegation · workflow · calendar · deadline
tactics
Methods to achieve goals
- approachWay of handling something
- methodologyFormal procedural framework
- gameplanPredetermined course of action
scheme · execution · maneuvering · policy · objectives · goals · targets · milestones · roadmap · contingency
anticipation
State of awaiting something
- forecastingEstimating future conditions
- budgetingAllocating funds systematically
- provisioningSupplying resources in advance
readiness · resourcing · estimating · scoping · appraising · benchmarking · risk assessment · due diligence · groundwork · advance
blueprint
Detailed technical drawing
- schematicSimplified technical diagram
- layoutSpatial arrangement of elements
- draftPreliminary version of text
sketch · diagram · architecture · rendering · prototype · wireframe · mockup · specifications · elevation · section
brainstorm
Spontaneous idea generation
- conceptsAbstract mental constructs
- ideasMental creations or plans
- creativityCapacity for original thought
innovation · vision · conceptualize · problem-solving · whiteboard · mind map · possibilities · options · alternatives · thinking
vision
Ability to see
- aspirationsDeeply held goals
- forecastingEstimating future conditions
- projectionSomething that extends outward
outlook · horizon · long-range · retirement · estate · succession · financial · career · family · legacy
zoning
Sectioning areas by use
- developmentProgress toward maturity
- infrastructureBasic physical systems
- municipalOf city government
city · land use · rezoning · permit · ordinance · commission · transit · density · mixed-use · subdivision
- creatingcreating, inventing, producing, generating, making
- productivityproductivity, checking off, prioritization, finishing, output
- business activitiesmeetings, meeting, hiring, firing, training
- business skillsmanagement, financial literacy, leadership, deal-making, delegation
- deliberate actionsdecision, choice, strategy, intention, commitment
- family meeting topicsagenda, minutes, voting, decisions, discussions
planningimprovising
Creating spontaneously without plan
improvisation · spontaneity · winging it · playing it by ear · ad-libbing
planningaccident
Unintended harmful event
chance · happenstance · coincidence · randomness · serendipity
planningchaos
Complete disorder and confusion
disorder · disorganization · neglect · carelessness · aimlessness
- disaster planningReadiness for emergencies
- planning onExpecting to do
- investment planningOrganizing long-term financial goals
- meal planningScheduling what you'll cook
- family planningControlling fertility deliberately
- party planningCoordinating a social gathering
preplanning, misplanning, overplanning, replanning, planning permission, underplanning, strategic planning, tactical planning