The first step is listing the project goals and keeping in mind that a project is successful when it has met the needs of your customers as well as your stakeholders. When working on a project plan, set out all the elements you would like to have included and mark them as must-haves, should haves, can’t haves and won’t haves. Many businesses work to a project method of first launching a minimum viable product and then building on it from there, so consider planning your project with the use of this strategy.