Inow that you decide to team up with a business partner, so that you can expand your business in a modest way. Your projects might now be a little bigger – perhaps three or four houses on one site and another three or four projects waiting or even started. You have a small number of regular helpers or employees. You know where to go for materials, and if you look like running short you have your mobile phone and can call for fresh deliveries. You have to give your specialists, such as the chippy, plumber, roofer, glazier and electrician, some idea of dates when they will be needed and you must keep in touch with the local buildings inspector. Your
different projects have different clients and different architects and
you are expected now to go to the occasional progress meeting. So
you will have to do some planning to schedule and coordinate all the
work. You may not need to learn any new techniques, but you will
have to find some way of putting your plans on paper, because the
work is becoming too complicated to deal with in your head alone.
Plans for small projects can be simple charts. You don’t have to
use a computer if you don’t want to, although that would give you
advantages of speed and flexibility to change. A sharp pencil, eraser,
squared paper, a ruler and a calendar are all you need. But as your
business expands and your projects also grow in size, the time will
come when you’ll need to take planning methods more seriously.
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