Project planning and analysis involves everyone on the team, not just the project manager. The project manager may guide the work, but everyone should participate to gain the benefits of the various perspectives and areas of expertise that the team members provide. Knowing your stakeholders, understanding your risks, creating risk mitigation plans, and setting up the evaluation criteria should be done as a team. Part 2 of Making Smart IT Choices offers many tools and techniques for group facilitated activities that assist in organizing this analysis.