plans
What you'll do
Plans are schemes or arrangements worked out in advance for accomplishing something: What are your plans for the weekend? , retirement plans, lesson plans.
A plan can also be a detailed diagram or drawing, especially of a building's layout: floor plans, architectural plans.
To plan is to make such arrangements or to intend: We're planning a trip, I plan to leave early.
Intended end results
- objectivesIntended targets or ends
- aimsPurposes or targets
- purposesGoals or reasons behind actions
- ambitionsGoals one strives toward
targets · resolutions · commitments · aspirations · dreams · hopes · desires · expectations
Methods to achieve goals
- approachWay of handling something
- gameplanPredetermined course of action
- methodologyFormal procedural framework
- executionCompleting a planned task
roadmap · campaign · maneuvers · contingency · long-term · short-term · strategic · calculated
Organized plans or configurations
- logisticsCoordination of complex activities
- coordinationOrganized cooperative movement
- schedulingAssigning times to events
- groundworkFoundational preparation for something
setup · organizing · readiness · checklist · timetable · itinerary · booking · reservations
Prediction of future conditions
- projectionsEstimates extending forward
- timelineOrdered display of events
- milestonesNotable points of progress
- schedulePlan of timed events
prospects · outlook · trajectory · expansion · growth · development · advancement · five-year
Simplified technical diagram
- diagramSimplified explanatory sketch
- layoutSpatial arrangement of elements
- architecturalRelating to building design
- drawingsImages rendered by hand
specifications · elevation · cross-section · drafting · CAD · technical · scale · rendering
goals
Intended end results
- objectivesIntended targets or ends
- aimsPurposes or targets
- purposesGoals or reasons behind actions
ambitions · targets · resolutions · commitments · aspirations · dreams · hopes · desires · expectations · motivations
tactics
Methods to achieve goals
- approachWay of handling something
- gameplanPredetermined course of action
- methodologyFormal procedural framework
execution · roadmap · campaign · maneuvers · contingency · long-term · short-term · strategic · calculated · formulation
arrangements
Organized plans or configurations
- logisticsCoordination of complex activities
- coordinationOrganized cooperative movement
- schedulingAssigning times to events
groundwork · setup · organizing · readiness · checklist · timetable · itinerary · booking · reservations · provisions
forecast
Prediction of future conditions
- projectionsEstimates extending forward
- timelineOrdered display of events
- milestonesNotable points of progress
schedule · prospects · outlook · trajectory · expansion · growth · development · advancement · five-year · retirement
schematic
Simplified technical diagram
- diagramSimplified explanatory sketch
- layoutSpatial arrangement of elements
- architecturalRelating to building design
drawings · specifications · elevation · cross-section · drafting · CAD · technical · scale · rendering · detailed
- topicsnature, health, sports, science, politics
- construction sitehard hat, hard hats, foreman, cones, cranes
- groupingsgroups, categories, classes, divisions, clusters
- approachesapproach, approaches, method, methods, way
- contractinggeneral contractor, subcontractor, subcontracting, bid, estimate
- goalsgoals, goal, aims, objective, objectives
plansimprovises
Creates spontaneously, unrehearsed
wings it · ad-libs · spontaneity · improvisation · goes with the flow
planschaos
Complete disorder and confusion
disorder · disorganization · randomness · confusion · mess
- backup planAlternative if primary fails
- game planPredetermined approach to winning
- weekend plansScheduled off-day activities
- escape planStrategy for fleeing confinement
- master planOverall strategic framework
- healthcare plansInsurance for medical services
plan, planned, planning, planner, unplanned, planners, preplan, replan, preplanning