Indian planning proceeds with awareness that plans and execution often diverge. Perfect plan implementation is not expected; gaps between planned and actual are normal. This awareness comes from experience—personal, organizational, and national experience all include plans that did not produce planned outcomes.
The plan is starting point, not final specification; what actually happens emerges from plan meeting reality. This awareness shapes planning practice. Plans should include implementation attention, not just goals.
How will the plan be executed? What resources are needed? Who will do what?
What obstacles might arise? Execution monitoring enables gap management—tracking execution against plan allows identifying divergences and responding before gaps become crises. Realistic planning builds in room for gaps: buffers in timelines, reserves in budgets, flexibility in specifications. Planning that assumes perfect execution is unrealistic. Expect gaps, plan for them, manage them as they emerge.
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