plan A plan is typically any diagram or list of steps with details of timing and resources, used to achieve an Goal, objective to do something. It is commonly understood as a modal logic, temporal set (mathematics), set of intended actions through wh ...

is a set of instructions for attaining a given objective. Plan or PLAN or planning may also refer to: *

Planning Planning is the process of thinking regarding the activities required to achieve a desired goal. Planning is based on foresight, the fundamental capacity for mental time travel. Some researchers regard the evolution of forethought - the cap ...

, the organizational process of creating and maintaining a plan * Planning (cognitive), neurological processes involved in achieving a desired goal

Plan types

Automated planning and scheduling Automated planning and scheduling, sometimes denoted as simply AI planning, is a branch of artificial intelligence that concerns the realization of strategies or action sequences, typically for execution by intelligent agents, autonomous robots ...

, a branch of Artificial Intelligence *

Business plan A business plan is a formal written document containing the goals of a business, the methods for attaining those goals, and the time-frame for the achievement of the goals. It also describes the nature of the business, background information on ...

Development plan A development plan sets out a local authority's policies and proposals for land use in their area. The term is usually used in the United Kingdom. A local plan is one type of development plan. The development plan guides and shapes day-to-day de ...

Language planning In sociolinguistics, language planning (also known as language engineering) is a deliberate effort to influence the function, structure or acquisition of languages or language varieties within a speech community.Kaplan B., Robert, and Rich ...

Marketing plan A marketing plan is a plan created to accomplish specific marketing objectives, outlining a company's advertising and marketing efforts for a given period, describing the current marketing position of a business, and discussing the target market a ...

Military plan A military operation plan (commonly called a war plan before World War II) is a formal plan for military armed forces, their military organizations and units to conduct operations, as drawn up by commanders within the combat operations process ...

Plans (drawings) Plans are a set of drawings or two-dimensional diagrams used to describe a place or object, or to communicate building or fabrication instructions. Usually plans are drawn or printed on paper, but they can take the form of a digital file. P ...

, used for portraying an existing place or object, or for providing instructions to build or fabricate a place or object **

Archaeological plan In archaeological excavation, a plan is a drawn record of features and artifacts in the horizontal plane. Overview An archaeological plan can either take the form of * A "multi context" plan, which is drawn with many contexts on it to show r ...

Architectural drawing An architectural drawing or architect's drawing is a technical drawing of a building (or building project) that falls within the definition of architecture. Architectural drawings are used by architects and others for a number of purposes: to deve ...

Architectural plan In architecture and building engineering, a floor plan is a technical drawing to scale, showing a view from above, of the relationships between rooms, spaces, traffic patterns, and other physical features at one level of a structure. Dimensio ...

Blueprint A blueprint is a reproduction of a technical drawing or engineering drawing using a contact print process on light-sensitive sheets introduced by Sir John Herschel in 1842. The process allowed rapid and accurate production of an unlimited number ...

Engineering drawing An engineering drawing is a type of technical drawing that is used to convey information about an object. A common use is to specify the geometry necessary for the construction of a component and is called a detail drawing. Usually, a number of ...

Floor plan In architecture and building engineering, a floor plan is a technical drawing to scale, showing a view from above, of the relationships between rooms, spaces, traffic patterns, and other physical features at one level of a structure. Dimensio ...

Plan view In technical drawing and computer graphics, a multiview projection is a technique of illustration by which a standardized series of orthographic projection, orthographic two-dimensional pictures are constructed to represent the form of a three-d ...

, an orthographic projection **

Plat In the United States, a plat ( or ) (plan) is a cadastral map, drawn to scale, showing the divisions of a piece of land. United States General Land Office surveyors drafted township plats of Public Lands Survey System, Public Lands Surveys to ...

Technical drawing Technical drawing, drafting or drawing, is the act and discipline of composing drawings that visually communicate how something functions or is constructed. Technical drawing is essential for communicating ideas in industry and engineering. ...

Project planning Project planning is part of project management, which relates to the use of schedules such as Gantt charts to plan and subsequently report progress within the project environment. Project planning can be done manually or by the use of project ma ...

Retirement plan A pension (; ) is a fund into which amounts are paid regularly during an individual's working career, and from which periodic payments are made to support the person's retirement from work. A pension may be either a "Defined benefit pension pla ...

Urban planning Urban planning (also called city planning in some contexts) is the process of developing and designing land use and the built environment, including air, water, and the infrastructure passing into and out of urban areas, such as transportatio ...

Acronyms

* PLAN (examination), a standardized test administered by ACT, Inc. *

People's Liberation Army Navy The People's Liberation Army Navy, also known as the People's Navy, PLA Navy or simply Chinese Navy, is the naval warfare military branch, branch of the People's Liberation Army, the national military of the People's Republic of China. It i ...

of China *

People's Liberation Army of Namibia The People's Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN) was the military wing of the South West Africa People's Organisation (SWAPO). It fought against the South African Defence Force (SADF) and South West Africa Territorial Force (SWATF) during the S ...

* Personal Localized Alerting Network, an emergency alert system that uses mobile devices * PLANS (non-profit) (People for Legal and Non-Sectarian Schools)

Entertainment

* " iPlan", a 2023 song by Dlala Thukzin * ''Plan'' (film), a 2004 Bollywood film * ''Plans'' (album), an album by the band Death Cab for Cutie * "Plans", a song by Bloc Party from ''Silent Alarm'' (album) * "Plans" (song), a song by Birds of Tokyo * ''The Plan'' (2015 film), a 2015 Indian Kannada film

Places

Planá (Tachov District) Planá (also known as Planá u Mariánských Lázní; ; ) is a town in Tachov District in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 5,500 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument ( ...

(in German: Plan), a city in West Bohemia, Czech Republic *

Planá (České Budějovice District) Planá () is a municipality and village in České Budějovice District in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 300 inhabitants. Etymology The word meant 'barren', but it also denoted a wide, open landscape. Geography P ...

(in German: Plan), a village in South Bohemia, Czech Republic *

Plan (Huesca) Plan is a municipality located in the Sobrarbe comarca, Huesca (province), province of Huesca, Aragon, Spain. According to the 2010 census the municipality has a population of 336 inhabitants, and is the main populated center in the Gistau Valley ...

, a place in the Spanish Provinz Huesca * Plan (Samnaun), a village in the Swiss Gemeinde

Samnaun Samnaun () is a high Alpine village and a valley at the eastern end of Switzerland and a municipality in the Engiadina Bassa/Val Müstair Region in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. History The valley was first used as a seasonal mountain pa ...

Plan, Isère Plan () is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France. Population See also *Communes of the Isère department The following is a list of the 512 communes in the French department of Isère. The communes cooperate in th ...

, commune in the Isère department, France * Plan, Albania, a village in the

Pult Pult or Pulat ( sq-definite, Pulti or Pulati), is a region in northern Albania. It is bordered by the Malësia Region to its north and by the Dukagjin Highlands to its east and its south. The region has traditionally been inhabited by the Plani ...

area

Politics

Plans in Mexican history In Mexican history, a was a declaration of principles announced in conjunction with a rebellion, usually armed, against the central government of the country (or, in the case of a regional rebellion, against the state government). Mexican were ...

, a declaration of principles announced in conjunction with a rebellion (see also ''

pronunciamiento A is a form of military rebellion or coup d'état particularly associated with Spain, Portugal and Ibero-America, especially in the 19th century. Typology The is one category of praetorianism: the practice of military figures acting as pol ...

'')

Technology

* .plan file, a file containing user information used by the

Finger protocol In computer networking, the Name/Finger protocol and the Finger user information protocol are simple network protocols for the exchange of human-oriented status and user information. Name/Finger protocol The Name/Finger protocol is based on Requ ...

Calligra Plan Calligra Plan (formerly ''KPlato'') is a project management application that can create Gantt-style charts and is part of Calligra Suite – formerly included with KOffice. History Work on Plan was started in 2004 under the name KPlato ( K P ...

, a project management application * Plan (calendar program), for the X Window System * PLAN (computer language) (Programming LAnguage for Nineteen-hundred), used to program ICT 1900 series computers

Other uses

Plan (aid organisation) Plan International is a Aid agency, development and humanitarian organisation based in the United Kingdom that works in over 80 countries across Africa, the Americas, and Asia, focusing on Children's rights, children’s rights. In 2024, Plan Int ...

, an international organisation that allows people to sponsor children in developing countries * ''Plan'' (magazine), an Irish architectural publication * Slang for

planning permission Planning permission or building permit refers to the approval needed for construction or expansion (including significant renovation), and sometimes for demolition, in some jurisdictions. House building permits, for example, are subject to buil ...