This activity is undertaken only for its own purpose. Poiesis is about making, praxis about doing. The corresponding skill for praxis is fronesis . A reflection on the intentions, and meanings of our actions is ethics. A reflection on what we ought to do is planning.
Planning is therefore a practical activity, I.E. it is practice.
This is a techne activity. The main purpose is to arrive at a result, a plan, which gives guidance for decisions and actions. Planning theory includes a reflection on how we shall act in the process. However, the planning process is mainly important because of how it influences the planning product. A planning process without measurable outcomes is useless according to this dominant way of thinking and acting in the planning field.