The purpose of planning a project is to list tasks, sequence the list, allocate resources to major tasks, develop the plan that will handle exceptions, and guide the project to successful completion.

Given this fundamental theory of planning is valid, it follows that chaos can be eliminated by implementing a good plan.

During rational Ages of Mankind, chaos was prevented and efficiently handled when it intruded. That was accomplished through development and implementation of good plans. The goal was to develop a good plan and execute it well. There was pride in both.

During rational Ages of Mankind, the prevention and handling of chaos was aggrandized. In today's Age of the Inefficient, people anticipate and plan to allow what they consider inevitable chaos. Today chaos is aggrandized. By association, so is the planner. Instead of planning to prevent and handle chaos, today people simply acknowledge the inevitable intrusion of chaos into the implementation step of all plans.

When successful planning  --  Being Successful At Building & Executing A Plan  --  becomes the subconscious goal again, planning will include the routinely effective prevention and handling of unpreventable chaos.

When has acknowledging and, therefore planning to allow chaos to intrude, ever been productive?

Suzie asked if she should apply this methodology to life? And if she did, would it make her life straightforward, enjoyable, and less scary? Yes, Suzie. Use this methodology at the conceptual level in your personal and work environments, and when working at the project level. You will become relaxed and able to handle the usual daily and the unusual big problems effectively. You will become totally gay... in the Fred Astaire - Ginger Rogers way, that is.  ...And that's a good gayness.