Peter Morville

Planning is the design of paths and goals

Our plans begin with goals

But before we commit to a plan, let’s question our feelings and beliefs. Is your fear sensible? Is the path true to your values? Will the plan create the change you want to see? And will that change in the world make you feel what you hope? Plans are built on predictions which are built on beliefs. That’s why metacognition – awareness and understanding of one’s own thought processes – is essential to good planning

The design of paths and goals invites us to make the invisible visible. A sketch, map, or model helps us think and collaborate by getting the ideas in our heads into the world.