How is designing different from planning?
Definitions of planning:
* Given designing as problem-solving, is designing also just a kind of planning.
While planning is close to designing, they are not identical.
Example: the occurrence of an influenza pandemic.
This may all seem like splitting hairs.
The difference is the nature of the underlying assumptions.
Note: “a design as a plan” highlights that the design is more than just a rendering, a CAD model, or a market study.
The difference between planning and designing impacts on the certainty of the process by which planning (or designing) occurs.
Therefore, a metric to distinguish between planning and designing is the degree of certainty assumed of the outcome, target, or eventuality for which it is being planned/designed.