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Break a fuzzy project into a real plan with dependencies and risk
I have a fuzzy project idea, not yet a real plan: project_description. Target completion is roughly target_date, and my constraints are constraints (time, budget, team size, etc).
Turn this into an actual project plan:
1. Restate the project as a single measurable outcome (not an activity).
2. Break it into 4-8 major milestones in logical sequence.
3. For each milestone, list the 2-4 concrete tasks underneath it, and flag any task that depends on another milestone finishing first.
4. Identify the single biggest risk to the timeline and one mitigation for it.
5. Identify what could be cut entirely if the timeline gets squeezed by 30%, and what absolutely cannot be cut.
6. Output a simple week-by-week schedule mapping milestones to calendar weeks from today.
Be realistic about how long things actually take, don't just divide evenly. Call out if the target date looks unrealistic given the scope.