The Planning Process

I actually wasn't in class for the 'Egg-cellent' planning project so I'll have to share the planning process we used for deciding what was needed to run a pizza/italian restaurant in one of our first classes.  When the professor asked us to decide what resources we would need to run a busy italian eatery our group quickly got to work.  The first thing we did was ask if anyone had any experience in the restaurant business.  Fortunately for us we did have a couple of people who had experience working in restaurants, one person even worked in a pizza shop.  The knowledge these two people shared with our group was very valuable because it helped us determine exactly how many people it would take to make a pizza, serve it and receive payment for it as well.  Also using our local experts we were able to determine how many people would be needed to staff the kitchen for the italian food portion of the restaurant as well as how many servers would be needed to serve out tables efficiently and effectively. 

I think what helped was having people in the group who realized the value of the knowledge provided by people familiar with the industry as well as being able to listen to the input of others.  Eventually the plan we came up with was a true team effort.