Explain objectives of Activity Planning
Feasibility assessment :-It is not until we have constructed a detailed plan that we can forecast a completion date with any reasonable knowledge of its achievability. The fact that a project may have been estimated as requiring two work-years effort might not mean that it would be feasible to complete it within, say, three months were eight people to work on it - that will depend upon the availability of staff and the degree to which activities may be undertaken in parallel.
Resource allocation:- The project plan allows us to investigate the relationship between timescales and resource availability (in general, allocating additional resources to a project shortens its duration) and the efficacy of additional spending on resource procurement.
Detailed costing:- After producing an activity plan and allocating specific resources, we can obtain more detailed estimates of costs and their timing.
Motivation :-Providing targets and being seen to monitor achievement against targets is an effective way of motivating staff, particularly where they have been involved in setting those targets in the first place.
Co-ordination :- The project plan, particularly with large projects involving more than a single project team, provides an effective vehicle for communication and co-ordination among teams.
