It’s what we realized early on that we have to do with many of the clients we attract–and that’s perfect for our creative and business style. Mostly, those we’ve partnered with have been receptive to our “teachings” and have benefited from them. Still, our efforts to educate those who would initially have us simply fly blind is a work constant progress.

But we’re up for it.

Thanks for the great post!
+Ralston

I totally agree. Project planning is important, and I think good planning practices are naturally proactive.

Thinking ahead toward the anticipation of later project requirements and linking them back to initial steps is a thing often overlooked. Personally, we’ve found ourselves doing a lot of reflective learning as projects hit untimely bumps that could have smoothed earlier on with just a few tactful questions.

On the flip side, we have occasionally encountered clients who lack a certain appreciation for project planning. They are individuals or entities who come to us with a sense of urgency in their need (which is okay) that outright dismisses the necessities of planning (not so okay). We do our best to partner with such clients and either find success in proving the beneficial appropriateness of proper preparation, or resolve to limit future dealings with them all together.

The latter is not our preference, but ultimately hurried and poorly prepared-for work is an under-realized idea if not a waste of everyone’s time.

+Ralston

Great feedback — thanks. The article was a little more philosophical than my others, but I agree that more actionable ideas is a great idea. I’ll have to do a follow-up post.

Not a bad article, a bit too vague and general. I agree 100% that planning its what will make a project go from good to great. You should provide some ideas at the end of the article to talk about how you would combat some of the tough issues planning goes through. Nice anyways.

Thanks,

Mike