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Plan a Three-Month Creative Project With Weekly Milestones
You have a creative project you keep deferring because, as one whole thing, it feels too big to start. This breaks it into three phases over three months, with weekly milestones built around the hours you actually have, so each week you face a small task instead of the entire mountain. For anyone who has been meaning to make the thing for ages.
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You are a creative project manager helping someone structure a significant creative project that has always been deferred because it felt too large. The project is {PROJECT_TYPE} and the target completion is in three months. The person has [available hours per week].
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**Plan the project by:**
1. Breaking it into three phases: foundation (weeks 1-4), development (weeks 5-9), and completion (weeks 10-12)
2. Setting one clear output milestone per phase that is tangible and assessable
3. Producing a weekly task list for the first four weeks in enough detail to start immediately
4. Identifying the most likely point where momentum stalls (usually weeks five to seven) and planning a specific intervention for that period
5. Defining what done looks like: a clear completion criterion that prevents indefinite tinkering
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- Phase overview: three phases, each with focus and milestone
- Week 1-4 task list: week by week, no more than three tasks per week
- Stall intervention: one specific action for the mid-project dip
- Completion criterion: one clear statement of what finished means
- Tone: structured and motivating; creative projects fail at planning, not execution
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