Project Planning Tips If You Have Asperger's Syndrome
Effective project planning is often difficult for individuals with Asperger’s Syndrome. It can result in the following workplace difficulties: not knowing how to get started on an assignment, becoming stuck midway through a project, vastly underestimating how long something will take, discovering too late that important items have been omitted, or losing sight of the original goal. There are four basic steps to effective planning: 1. Establish a clear goal. 2. Create specific, manageable steps to reach the goal. 3. Organize the time needed to complete the steps. 4. Assemble required materials. The following planning template has been used by several of my coaching clients for both long-term projects and daily tasks. To show you how it works, I have included an example from one of my clients who used the template to plan the writing of a process manual. Planning Template 1. Describe the goal or task: Produce an internal process manual 2. Due date: One month 3. Steps and estimated t...