Please don't be frightened by the fancy words. It is just a plan. This becomes a necessary step because it force you to think before doing things. This should be the way to do any complicated things. There are many gurus who believe they are the best in doing plans. But plan is plan. Execution is still the most important thing. The basic principle I believe is that the plan must be realistic and suitable for yourself. Think as hard as you can. Then move on. If you believe that you will become a verification guru if you follows a rigorous verification plan, you are wrong. For simple cases, you may be successful. For complicated stuff, you will fail badly. I have seens cases where verification plan only covers 30% of the final test cases. Of course, you can claim that the plan is bad :-) But ...
