I was sitting wondering whether there is really a difference between "planning" and "scheduling", especially in terms of doing a project. Like when you have a project, you can plan tasks and write down time and list of actions or you can schedule them and write down time and list of actions.
I can see that definitions say that only "scheduling" conveys writing down time, and planning doesn't. Is that right?
Best Answer
Planning is the act of creating a "a detailed formulation of a program of action" (a plan) for how something will be achieved. That is, planning desribes the intention to do something, coupled with a proposal or strategy for getting it done.
Scheduling is the act of deciding when something will be done, and allocating the time for it out of one's schedule.
So scheduling can be considered a subset of planning, because most good plans include a timeline/schedule for when each step of the plan will be achieved. But planning also includes many things outside of scheduling (such as deciding who to work with, tools that will be used, etc).