Strategic Planning and Strategic Plans
Description
A strategic plan is a formal document that describes how an organization intends to respond to significant changes in either the external or internal environment. Strategic plans are useful tools when significant changes and disruptions require a renewed effort, or in some cases, a new approach. As such, a strategic plan generally begins with an assessment of the changes in the external environment and maps directly to the organization’s capacity and capabilities to achieve its goals and objectives in that environment. Strategic plans are visionary documents and they outline the course of action in broad and compelling terms.
Strategic Planning Activities:
The following activities are described on the pages that follow. When appropriate, each activity can be offered independently.
- Vision, Mission, Values Statement
- Ecosystem Mapping
- External Environmental Scans
- Internal (Functional) Assessments
- SWOT and PESTEL analyses
- Strategic Response Resource Requirements and Projections (staffing, money, systems, etc.)
- Measures of Performance (organizational dashboards and scorecards, etc.)
Deliverables
We have developed worksheets, workshops, and a variety of additional tools to help organizations of all sizes and at all levels of maturity successfully navigate the strategic planning process. Strategic planning does not be unnecessarily long and time consuming. Our process is designed to meet your needs and can range anywhere from 6 weeks to 6 months.
Time to Complete: 6-24 weeks
