planning

noun

1. a drawing or diagram showing the arrangement in horizontal section of a structure, piece of ground, etc.
2. 1. a scheme or program for making, doing, or arranging something; project, design, schedule, etc.
   2. a method of proceeding
3. any outline or sketch
4. in perspective, any of several planes thought of as perpendicular to the line of sight and between the eye and the object

transitive verb planned, planning

1. to make a plan of (a structure, piece of ground, etc.)
2. to devise a scheme for doing, making, or arranging
3. to have in mind as a project or purpose

intransitive verb