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    Some questions that you need to consider when deciding if your business needs a business plan

Your Core Strategy: Strategic Intent - What is the purpose of the business?


Your Values - What values will guide decision-making and action?
Your Positioning -

Field Of Interest (Domain): What industry are you in?

Target Markets and Customers: (1) Which markets and market segments do you serve? (2)Who are your customers?

Product Scope: What are your products/services?

Value Proposition to Customers: How do you add value for customers?


Pillars of Success - What are the factors underpinning achievement of the Strategic Intent?


Your Growth Target - By how much will your profits and turnover increase over the next (1) three years? (2) five years?


Reviewing your current business operation -
What are you really good at and what could you improve?
What are the things that you do now that you can do better?
What can you do better than others?
What can you do differently? 

Your business operating environment -
What are the Key Economic Drivers affecting your business?
What are the key issues and opportunities arising from the current and emerging future operating environments?

What forces are bringing about change as they effect (1)
Customers and Markets (2) Business Processes and Operations?


Your Priority Areas & Goals -
What are the critical success factors for the business?  
Have you set GOALS for the business?
What do you want to achieve?

Your Strategies
What are the key STRATEGIES to achieve the Goals?
What will you need to do to achieve these Goals?

Achieving Intended Results (Objectives) - Have you set OBJECTIVES for the business?


Implementation Plan (Operational Plan) -
What do you need to do to complete the operational aspects of you business plan?

Develop an organisational structure?
Prepare an integrated three year marketing, production, human resource and risk management plan?
Develop a budget?
- Who will take responsibility for doing what?
How long will it take?
How will you know that you are on target?
How will you allocate tasks? How w

Performance Assessment - How will you measure success in achieving your Goals?


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