{"id":686,"date":"2025-02-14T15:26:13","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T15:26:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/?post_type=docs&#038;p=686"},"modified":"2025-03-12T12:19:25","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T12:19:25","password":"","slug":"create-new-plan","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/docs\/web-good-day\/create-new-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"Planning &#8211; creating a new plan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To create a new plan the user should first select the required planning cycle, and then make the &#8216;Planning&#8217; tab the active tab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"519\" src=\"https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-244-1024x519.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1892\" srcset=\"https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-244-1024x519.png 1024w, https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-244-300x152.png 300w, https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-244-768x390.png 768w, https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-244-1536x779.png 1536w, https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-244-360x183.png 360w, https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-244-1320x670.png 1320w, https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-244.png 1733w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The &#8216;Planning&#8217; tab allows the user to save the plan to start it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Planning tab displays five main elements:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Prospects:  The user is prompted to choose how they view the likelihood for plan success.   <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Start of plan journal:  The user may record their thoughts on the background for the plan, the challenges it faces and what other aspects they are concerned about. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Story point burn down:  This chart shows a line of open task story points over the life time of the plan.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Plan content bar chart:  This line chart summarizes the number of tasks and story points associated with the plan timeframe.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Active goals summary:  This summarizes the plan tasks and habits grouped by goal <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In defining a plan, it is good practice to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Use the &#8216;Your thoughts&#8217; journal text box to record the reasons and motivations for the priorities and contents of the plan.   This will provide a good reference point for plan assessment when the plan is reviewed.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Review the content scheduled dates to ensure that the burn down chart line shows a consistent and gradual decline from the plan start to the plan finish.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Please take a look at the Active goals section to make sure that this includes tasks and habits that progress the goal towards completion. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When the user is happy that all these issues have been addressed, then they should click on the &#8216;Save&#8217; button located at the bottom centre of the &#8216;Planning&#8217; tab to save and start the plan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To create a new plan the user should first select the required planning cycle, and then make the &#8216;Planning&#8217; tab the active tab. The &#8216;Planning&#8217; tab allows the user to save the plan to start it. 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