Breakdown of Ele havia de fazer o planeamento para não procrastinar.
não
not / no
ele
he
para
to / for
fazer
to do
Questions & Answers about Ele havia de fazer o planeamento para não procrastinar.
Why use havia de fazer here instead of ele devia fazer or deveria fazer?
While devia fazer (should do) is perfectly correct, using the Imperfeito of haver de + infinitive (havia de fazer) adds a specific nuance. It often carries a tone of mild reproach or a strong personal recommendation, similar to saying "he really ought to do..." in English. It implies he hasn't been doing it, and the speaker is slightly critical or emphatic about it.
Is planeamento the standard word for "planning"? I've seen the word "planejamento" before.
Planeamento is the standard term in European Portuguese. You will frequently see planejamento online or in apps, but that is the Brazilian Portuguese spelling. In Portugal, the base verb is planear, which gives us the noun planeamento.
Why do we use para não procrastinar instead of using the subjunctive like para que não procrastine?
When the subject of both verbs is the same person—in this case, "he" is the one doing the planning and "he" is the one avoiding procrastination—you simply use para + the infinitive. We only use para que + subjunctive when the subjects are different (e.g., "He ought to plan so that WE do not procrastinate").
Could we just use the verb planear instead of fazer o planeamento?