backward planning
nounBackward planning is when you start with your goal and plan the steps backward to the beginning.
For the school play, the teacher used backward planning, starting from opening night and working back to the first rehearsal.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. A teaching method where lessons are designed by first deciding what students should learn and then building the activities.
The teacher used backward planning to make sure every lesson led to the final test.
3. A business approach that starts with the desired result and schedules each earlier step needed to reach it.
The team's backward planning helped them launch the product on time.
4. In sports, planning a game by starting from the final score you want and deciding each play that leads there.
The coach's backward planning focused on winning the last quarter.