U.S., Dec. 29 -- After being on the road a lot through 2019 presenting at planning conferences and talking to hundreds of industry practitioners, I have come to a simple realization: we have accepted and implemented some poor planning habits in our industry that prevent us from producing accurate and achievable plans, faster.

If the overarching objective of project planning is to establish a model (in a timely manner) that best reflects what we believe will be a reality, then why are CPM tools not enabling us to achieve this goal? Because the use of these tools has taught us some bad planning habits - habits we need to kick if we want to build better plans more efficiently in 2020.

BAD PLANNING HABITS TO KICK

1. Start-From-Scratch Plan...