Verb

plans

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of plan.

Noun

plans

1. Plural form of plan.
2. Arrangements to go on a trip.

French

Adjective

plans m. pl.

1. Masculine plural of plan.

A plan is typically any procedure used to achieve an objective. It is a set of intended actions, through which one expects to achieve a goal.

Plans can be formal or informal:

• Structured and formal plans, used by multiple people, are more likely to occur in projects, diplomacy, careers, economic development, military campaigns, combat, or in the conduct of other business. In most cases, the absence of a well-laid plan can have adverse effects: for example, a non-robust project plan can cost the organization time and money.
• Informal or ad-hoc plans are created by individuals in all of their pursuits.

The most popular ways to describe plans are by their breadth, time frame, and specificity; however, these planning classifications are not independent of one another. For instance, there is a close relationship between the short- and long-term categories and the strategic and operational categories.

It is common for less formal plans to be created as abstract ideas, and remain in that form as they are maintained and put to use. More formal plans as used for business and military purposes, while initially created with and as an abstract thought, are likely to be written down, drawn up or otherwise stored in a form that is accessible to multiple people across time and space. This allows more reliable collaboration in the execution of the plan.

Plan topics

In general, a plan is a set of intended actions, through which one expects to achieve a goal.

Contents

• 1 Sourced
• 2 Proverbs
• 3 Unsourced
• 4 See Also

Sourced

• Plans are insulted destinies. I don't have plans, I only have goals.
  • Ash Chandler, Freudian Slip, Mumbai Mirror Buzz, April 2006.

• "Life is what happens to you, while you're busy making other plans"
  • John Lennon, From Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy) off the 1980 "Double Fantasy" album.

• "The best laid schemes o' mice and men gang aft a-gley; and leave us naught but grief and pain for promised joy"
  • Robert Burns, from "To a Mouse" ("Gang aft a-gley" is translated: "Often go awry")

• Under the shadow of swords, any plan is good.
  • Mehmet ildan, from "Quotations"^{[specific citation needed]}

• "Every age has its peculiar folly: Some scheme, project, or fantasy into which it plunges, spurred on by the love of gain, the necessity of excitement, or the force of imitation."
  • Charles Mackay, Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds

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