The document discusses whether leaders need a plan and the role of planning in project management. It explores various aspects of planning including scheduling, determining priorities and outcomes, and communicating structure. Planning is described as determining what will be delivered, associated costs, timeline, delivery approach, and responsibilities. However, planning is also noted as being a guess and potentially limiting by selecting what is included or excluded. The document advocates for empowering teams to handle challenges and act as "Special Forces Operators" with strategic rather than just tactical empowerment.

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Do Leaders Need a Plan? #reinventcommsAPM Evening Presentation, London, UK2 December 2014by Mark Phillips
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Source: http://arcweb.archives.gov/by Technical Sergeant John L. Houghton, Jr., United States Air Force

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What is a plan?
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Planning
Planning determines what is to be delivered, how much it will cost, when it will be delivered, how it will be delivered and who will carry it out.
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Schedule Management
Time Scheduling
Schedule management is the process of developing, maintaining and communicating schedules for time and resource.
Time scheduling is a collection of techniques used to develop and present schedules that show when work will be performed.
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Schedule determines what we see and don’t see. It is a way of compartmentalizing so we can concentrate on one thing at a time. But it also denies context, selects what we will and won’t see and how the pieces fit together. It is a system for setting priorities and deciding what is included or not.
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Planning is a Guess.
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Planning determines thecommunication structure of the environment.
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Planning determines the projects outcome.
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Source: Mark Phillips “Reinventing Communication: How to Design, Lead and Manage High Performing Projects” Gower 2014
Conway’s Law

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Strategic EmpowermentvsTactical Empowerment
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Source: US government DOD and/or DOE photograph

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Source: http://world.guns.ru/assault/rus/ak-akm-e.html

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Individual empowerment will determine how the team reacts to bumps in the road.
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Empower people to be Special Forces Operators on your team
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What is Leadership?
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Leadership
Leadership is the ability to establish vision and direction, to influence and align others towards a common purpose, and to empower and inspire people to achieve success.
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Is a plan the best way to deliver a solution?
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Planning is often done through progressive elaborationand disaggregationweigh againstVision and Tactical Empowerment
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TAMEMESSYWICKED
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Empower Your People
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Source: http://fotodj.com/elements/2006/Andrews%20AFB%20Air%20Show/Action%20Pictures/slides/EE21_073.html

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