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==Topics==

===Planning===
The term [[planning]] implies the working out of sub-components in some degree of elaborate detail. Broader-brush enunciations of objectives may qualify as metaphorical [[Technology roadmap|roadmap]]s. Planning literally just means the creation of a plan; it can be as simple as making a [[task list|list]]. It has not acquired a technical meaning, however, to cover the area of [[government]]  [[legislation]] and [[regulation]]s elated to the use of resources.

Planning can refer to the planned use of any and all resources, as in the succession of [[Five-year plans of the Soviet Union|Five-Year Plan]]s through which the government of the [[Soviet Union]] sought to develop the country. However, the term is most frequently used in relation to planning for the use of land and related resources, for example in [[urban planning]], [[transportation planning]], etc.

In a governmental context, "planning" without any qualification is most likely to mean the regulation of [[land use]]. See also [[zoning]].

===Planners===
Planners are the professionals that have the requisite training to take or make decisions that will help or balance the society in order to have a functional, aesthetic, and convenient environment.

===Methodology===
Concepts such as [[top-down planning]] (as opposed to bottom-up planning) reveal similarities with the [[systems thinking]] behind the [[top-down model]].

The subject touches such broad fields as [[psychology]], [[game theory]], [[communication]]s and [[information theory]], which inform the planning methods that people seek to use and refine; as well as [[logic]] and [[science]] (i.e. methodological naturalism) which serve as a means of testing different parts of a plan for reliability or consistency.

The specific methods used to create and refine plans depend on who is to make it, who is to put it to use, and what resources are available for the task. The methods used by an [[individual]] in his or her [[mind]] or [[personal organizer]], may be very different from the collection of planning techniques found in a [[corporation|corporate]] board-room, and the planning done by a [[project manager]] has different priorities and uses different tools to the planning done by an [[engineer]] or [[industrial designer]].