What is a CSS Planner?
A CSS planner's job is to identify the stakeholders.
A CSS planner makes sure that those who need to be there are there in
every step of the planning, design and construction phase of a project to,
to allow for the greatest opportunity for creativity of solution, streamline
the process, keep costs down, and keep the project on schedule. These
things bring about stakeholder satisfaction, keeps people involved and
interested, and brings about excellence in design.
A CSS planner is a person that is thinking one phase ahead, one meeting
ahead, and one problem ahead.
The question to the answer "I don't know" is "Who do we need to talk to
to find out?"
The CSS planner promotes the process, not the design.
This is not the job for the faint of heart. It takes going out and
meeting the public and being willing pick up the phone to talk to elected
leaders, professionals and advocates regardless of title. A CSS
Planner listens with interest not derision or boredom to all sides. A
CSS planner is a person interested in always learning from the people they
meet.
Respect and tolerance for other cultures, values and visions is a must.
Being able to incorporate those differences into institutionalized DOT
culture is a special talent. A CSS Planner is one that can bridge the
cultures and make the project happen.
