Setting the stage for planning and delivery

In Chapter 4, we learned how engineering managers can assess what their work environment does and does not provide, fill in the gaps left by that, and set the stage for good architecture. Project planning and delivery are similar in that engineering managers can begin in the same way.

Depending on your work context, project planning may begin before, in parallel to, or after technical design work. The advantage to having technical design prior to project planning is that you can benefit from the discovery and information gathering already conducted. If planning occurs prior to technical discovery, only high-level planning can be done due to the lack of detailed systems knowledge.

To set the stage for planning and delivery, we will begin by assessing the environment and your role in that environment, as we did in the last chapter. From there, we will look at project goal orientation. Let’s get started.

The environment

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