Strategic Planning Process: An Overview

Learning ObjectivesLearning Objectives

Identify and understand the strategic planning process steps

Understand the interdependence and importance of sequencing of the process steps

Planning to PlanPlanning to Plan

Take stock of planning environmentTake stock of planning environment

Gain commitment Gain commitment

Form a planning teamForm a planning team

Define the planning taskDefine the planning task

Process StepsProcess Steps

Clarification/Development of Goal and Objectives

Situation Analysis

Strategy Development

Strategy Implementation

A long-term funded strategic plan

Clarification/Development of Goal Clarification/Development of Goal and Objectivesand Objectives

Assessing the current goalAssessing the current goal

Developing a goalDeveloping a goal

Determining quantified objectivesDetermining quantified objectives

Stakeholder Analysis, Stakeholder Analysis, Trend ExtrapolationTrend Extrapolation

System DiagnosisSystem Diagnosis

Assessing environmental and internal Assessing environmental and internal componentscomponents

Identifying factors responsible for the Identifying factors responsible for the current situationcurrent situation

System Diagnosis Model/SWOT AnalysisRoot-cause Analysis

Strategy DevelopmentStrategy Development

Developing Developing alternative alternative strategies using strategies using identified factorsidentified factors

Selecting a Selecting a strategy for strategy for implementationimplementation

•Brainstorm

•Review experiences of

other countries/locales

•Feasibility analysis

•Cost-benefit estimate

Strategy ImplementationStrategy Implementation

Developing an action planDeveloping an action plan

Preparing a financial planPreparing a financial plan

Mobilizing resourcesMobilizing resources

Designing a monitoring and evaluation Designing a monitoring and evaluation systemsystem

Budgeting, Gantt chart

Strategic Planning Steps

Where do we want to be?

How do weget there?

How do wemeasure ourprogress?

How Do We Stay Strategic?How Do We Stay Strategic?

Reevaluate opportunitiesReevaluate opportunities

Scan the environmentScan the environment

Ask critical questionsAsk critical questions

Open lines of communicationOpen lines of communication

Take corrective actionsTake corrective actions

SummarySummary

Being strategic meansBeing strategic means

– Looking for the impactLooking for the impact

– Being analyticalBeing analytical

– Making choicesMaking choices

– Applying judgmentApplying judgment