Dr. Wayne Pernell uses vacation planning as a model for project management. Plan your route, accommodation, and activities upfront so execution runs smoothly, but leave room for spontaneity when things go wrong.
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When you get there? Like how are you going to get there when you get there? What do you need? What are the different options once you're there? What has to happen? So what's in your picnic basket means what are you putting in front of you right now? Right now and project manage as if you're going on vacation. Look at your to do list, look at your to do list and spend some time planning so that when it comes time to execute, it actually goes very smoothly. Oh, we take this airline, we land here, we rent this car, we go to this hotel, we see these museums, we visit these other sites. It's like it's planned out. It makes a vacation kind of fun when you know where you're going to be. And yes, there's room for spontaneity and with any project as you're working on it, there's room for creativity, there's room for things to go wrong.