Planning methodologies for IT projects.

Planning in general In order to reach targeted project goals and objectives, project planning is vital to ensure project completion. Gill (2002) states that projects that fail to succeed often suffer from low quality and missed deadline and stress that these problem areas derive from poor planning. In software development projects, programmers have little chance of succeeding when working without a plan. A realistic plan helps visualising and documenting what is needed and expected from the …

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