Kusankhidwa kwa nkhungu ndi gawo lofunikira kwambiri pakupanga nkhungu.
Zofunikira pakupanga ndi kupanga ndi izi: kukula kolondola, malo osalala; kapangidwe koyenera, kukhathamiritsa kwapamwamba kwambiri, kosavuta kugwiritsa ntchito; kupanga kosavuta, moyo wapamwamba, mtengo wotsika; kapangidwe kamakwaniritsa zofunika, zachuma komanso zomveka.
Kupanga ndiye gawo lofunikira pakupanga nkhungu, gawo loyambirira la kupanga, ndikuwongolera njira yonse yopanga nkhungu. Chifukwa chake, kapangidwe kake kamakhudzanso kwambiri ntchito yautumiki ya nkhungu. Kapangidwe kake kamakhudzidwa ndi moyo wautumiki wopondaponda nkhungu kuchokera pazinthu ziwiri zotsatirazi.
Chifukwa chakuti mapangidwe osiyanasiyana akamaumba amagwiritsidwa ntchito m'magawo ambiri, ndipo ukadaulo wopanga akatswiri afa umasinthanso zina ndi zina m'zaka izi, mu gawo ili, malamulo apangidwe ochita kuphulika maluwawo amafupikitsidwa.