Editing Plan (section)

===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]].