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Eisenhower, who as commander of the Allied Forces oversaw the invasion of Europe in the Second WW, said that 'plans are useless, but planning is indispensable', meaning that the exact details of a plan are always liable to change in light of new information, but the process of planning, coming up with a plan and thinking about possible strategies and failure modes, is useful even if the plan itself is not followed.