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So, you are saying make your plan as complete as possible and start with it because no matter how detailed or perfect your plan is, it's still an incomplete pla

So, you are saying make your plan as complete as possible and start with it because no matter how detailed or perfect your plan is, it's still an incomplete plan and you may need to change it somewhere along the process. And how beautifully you have summed it up that perfection is an all-or-nothing kind of mindset.

PaulHoule 2y ago
I think every project needs some kind of plan but how elaborate of a plan depends on the project. I had a setback in my career because of a project that failed because there wasn’t any project management. I joined the Project Management Institute and was thinking of getting a certification so I studied that PMBOK which lists just about everything that might have to be managed to manage a project including hiring people, communicating with the public, etc. I think the most common problem people have with side projects is that they get a huge number of ideas and do a little work on a lot of them and make no real progress. That is where the Kanban thing comes in. The idea is that you limit the number of things you have in progress. You will see this principle at a cafe where they will only take your order when they have made sufficient progress on other People’s orders (e.g. they will process more than one order at a time because they have to wait for the oven to finish) Most of the time I have three side projects I am committed to, usually I am making real progress on two of them and the other is aspirational and I am not really making progress on it. Maybe sometimes it moves to the fore or I give up one and start another. It is not perfect but I do complete projects so I am happy with this. What you need to do is have just enough structure to deal with the problems in front of you…. If in the other hand you really want to learn project management it is a worthy subject with a lot of resources like the PMI.
- shahzaibmushtaq 2y ago
  Yes, deal with the problems that are in front of you, and when you have free time then deal with the problems that you can sense.

PaulHoule 2y ago

I think every project needs some kind of plan but how elaborate of a plan depends on the project. I had a setback in my career because of a project that failed because there wasn’t any project management. I joined the Project Management Institute and was thinking of getting a certification so I studied that PMBOK which lists just about everything that might have to be managed to manage a project including hiring people, communicating with the public, etc. I think the most common problem people have with side projects is that they get a huge number of ideas and do a little work on a lot of them and make no real progress. That is where the Kanban thing comes in. The idea is that you limit the number of things you have in progress. You will see this principle at a cafe where they will only take your order when they have made sufficient progress on other People’s orders (e.g. they will process more than one order at a time because they have to wait for the oven to finish) Most of the time I have three side projects I am committed to, usually I am making real progress on two of them and the other is aspirational and I am not really making progress on it. Maybe sometimes it moves to the fore or I give up one and start another. It is not perfect but I do complete projects so I am happy with this. What you need to do is have just enough structure to deal with the problems in front of you…. If in the other hand you really want to learn project management it is a worthy subject with a lot of resources like the PMI.

shahzaibmushtaq 2y ago
Yes, deal with the problems that are in front of you, and when you have free time then deal with the problems that you can sense.