chapter 1. Spectacular project failures -- chapter 2. Academic history of planning -- chapter 3. Reasons not to plan -- chapter 4. Project success and planning : what are they? -- chapter 5. Efficiency versus success -- chapter 6. Planning variation by industry -- chapter 7. Geography and industry and success -- chapter 8. Planning in the construction industry -- chapter 9. Planning in information technology -- chapter 10. Practical planning impacts on success : a software development case study -- chapter 11. Planning and success in general project management -- chapter 12. Consensus on planning and success -- chapter 13. Planning deliverable quality and success -- chapter 14. How much to plan -- chapter 15. Planning phase effort and success -- chapter 16. What is the optimum planning phase time? -- chapter 17. Planning budget and success -- chapter 18. Planning and agile/iterative methods -- chapter 19. Agile methods and success -- chapter 20. Planning's importance to manager success -- chapter 21. New research : planning and manager's success -- chapter 22. Conclusions.