I would say the correct answer is assigning resources to tasks, creating a timeline, and making a budget.
When you are planning a project, obviously the most important thing is to create a timeline of how you want that project to go. In order to do this, you also need to have a certain budget so as to pay for everything you want to do within your project.
The alliances are the main reason behind World War 1 because they turned what was meant to be a brief war between accuser and accused into a world war.
