Importance of project planning

As the old saying goes, “If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.” Proper planning is critical to overall success as it helps define the overall project. This includes areas such as the overall scope with clearly defined requirements, identifying the necessary resources and defining roles and responsibilities, determining a timeline, as well as identifying any potential risks or challenges.

This book is not intended to cover in-depth aspects of project management. However, there are several common areas of project management that we believe are important for developers to be aware of. With many projects, there are different roles, project management methodologies, and tools. We will touch on different aspects of each of these.

Project management roles

In a project management process, there are many different roles that might be called upon. Depending on the size and scope of your effort, it is important to consider which of these...