Once the objective and scope are decided, it is necessary to determine what activities are required to be carried out to meet the objective. The dependencies between these activities can then be determined, which in turn allows resources and timescales to be estimated. This needs to be done for the whole project (project plan), and then in more detail for the next stage of the project (stage plan). This step is concerned with the overall project. The project schedule is not intended to direct resources to specific activities on certain dates. The ideal situation is to have a proven process on which to base the.
