Project planning guides are required for every major capital improvement of California's junior colleges for which funds are requested for working drawings and/or construction for the project. This guide was developed to assist administrators and planners in justifying a proposed capital outlay project. The project planning guide permits the following--(1) subsequent planning, (2) evaluation of relative need among different projects, (3) provides a basis of agreement on the project's scope among the district administration, the state department of education, and the state department of finance. This document provides complete instructions, working definitions, processing procedures, and layouts for data collection forms necessary in the preparation of this project planning guide. Examples are given of the completed forms as well as complete instructions. This guide is to be completed by the district administrators and reviewed by both the department of education and the department of finance. Upon agreement by these groups, the district will be able to complete detailed programing and preliminary planning without further submittal of programing details to state agencies. (BH)