n be predictable, with a certain amount of skill and experience and creating an accurate timeline for the development of recommendations for the broader organization often falls on the IT manager or the developer of the project. A keen understanding of what it will take to develop an IT project is essential to developing a timeline that does not blow the product out of feasibility as a support product. (Taylor, 2003, p. 11) Timelines must be as accurate as possible, and a process of planning will foresee expected delays based on the development of other IT projects in the past. This is why a skilled team should develop the plan, as well as why a skilled teem will be needed to execute the plan. (Taylor, 2003, p. 54) Just as in production the team may be aware of where a certain aspect of production could lag behind the IT manager must also be aware of where such weaknesses exist in the system and how to counter for them and elicit accurate schedules. (Schwalbe, 1999, p. 4)
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