Planning v’s Scheduling
We often get asked, what is the difference between the term “Planning” and “Scheduling”, when discussing projects.
The answer given can depend upon various factors, ie:
For reference here is JCA’s basic thoughts (wrong or right) on this matter.
Planning - we believe planning is the art where based on knowledge, information and experience, a planner will develop, status and maintain (with out direction from others) a programme of works from scratch.
Scheduling - we believe scheduling is the action of using data, advice and direction of others to build and/or update a programme of works.
Having said that a person who is a competent planner in building construction, may not be able to fill the title of planner on an mechancal engineering based project (and vice versa).
Some believe the term planning refers to forecasting data, whereas scheduling refers to the recording of actual data. We’re not to sure that this is reflective definition of scheduling.
