Is it possible to "over plan" a project?

This is a good question, without a truly definitive answer. What you really want to do is find the sweet spot for planning. On one hand having a great deal of detail helps reduce project risk and define the effort in explicit terms. On the other, too much detail can cloud the real work of the project, missing the forest for the trees. Doug DeCarlo, a project management expert and early contributor to ProjectConnections, once remarked:…

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