A Guidebook for Developing Strategic Plans
Abstract
The purpose of this guidebook is to provide information and a suggested planning process to military leaders for developing and executing strategic plans. The planning process will address how to develop, maintain, and use strategic plans (what needs to be done) and related supporting business plans (how to get things done) within DoD organizations and a process for reviewing and updating those plans in the future. The role of strategic planning is to ensure that the long-term goals and objectives for which an organization is striving to accomplish are the best that can be envisioned today in order to achieve continued success in the future. The strategic planning process presented in this guidebook assumes constant turbulence and change; it anticipates there will be future changes in missions, technology, and customers; and scans for trends that may impact an organization. It assumes opportunities and threats external to the organization as well as strengths and weaknesses internally will continually surface. The guidebook is organized into three parts. Part one includes information and perspectives on strategic planning; addressing its evolution, benefits, and possible resistance leaders may face from within their organization when implementing a strategic planning process. The second part is an explanation of how to develop a strategic plan using a nine-step process. The third part discusses the development of supporting business plans and techniques for choosing key performance indicators to measure organizational success.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 15, 2000
- Accession Number
- ADA378223
Entities
People
- James Vosler
Organizations
- United States Army War College