# 1. Project Planning

Project planning focuses on the work involved in planning and managing technical communication work teams and documents through a lifecycle process. It includes process planning, goal setting, progress tracking, and strategic planning activities.

## Reading

| Technical Communication Today               | Technical Communication                    |
| ------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------ |
| 1. Communicating in the Technical Workplace | 1. Introduction to Technical Communication |

## Learning Objectives

* Describe strategic planning in a technical communication context.
* Describe the writing process and how this and genres guide the planning of the team's work.
* Explain the importance of tracking the progress of the team's work and how specific technical
   genres can help with this.

### **Recall key terms and facts about planning and managing the work of technical communication teams**

The five stages of the technical writing process and how they are followed:

* Planning and Researching
* Organizing and Drafting
* Improving Style
* Designing
* Revising and Editing

### **Understand the key concepts and techniques used when planning and managing the work of technical communication teams**

How to strategically plan the work of a technical communications team and the sequence in which they are undertaken, specifically:

1. Setting objectives
2. Creating a task list
3. Developing a timeline

The importance of tracking progress and how activity reports, specifically progress and status reports can help with this.


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