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Planning for Everything

The Design of Paths and Goals

Systems & Contexts

• invite people to help solve an impossible problem
• ”we learn too late when we fail to fit practice and play into planning”
• plan and search belong together

Chapters

1. Realizing the future

2. The planning process includes at least the following six functions
   1. forming a representation of the problem
   2. choosing a goal
   3. deciding to plan
   4. formulating a plan
   5. executing and monitoring the plan
   6. and learning from the plan

3. Tower of Hanoi
   1. Used to measure planning ability
4. STAR FINDER
   1. Principles
   1. Social
   2. Tangible
   3. Agile
   4. Reflective
      2. Practices
   5. Framing
   6. Imagining
   7. Narrowing
   8. Deciding
   9. Executing
   10. Reflecting
       3.
7. Narrowing
   1. Drivers & Levers
      1. Drivers eliminate options
         1. e.g. too costly
      2. Levers open new paths & fortify existing possible paths
         1. integral to systems thinking
   2. Estimates & Risks
      1. Estimates
         1. Often very wrong
         2. Optimism bias
            1.
9. Executing
   1.

Include people in planning
Pros & cons, good; emotions, maybe better

Work breakdown structure
Agility
Metrics & 2-way doors
Procrastination = holding options

Point of no return
Flipping a coin may help
Habits bind

Referenced books

• the-art-of-fear