Strategic Adaptive Planning

Building Effective Strategic and Adaptive Plans: Tools, Techniques, and Best Practices

Overview

This course provides participants with the essential skills and knowledge needed to develop, implement, and manage effective strategic and adaptive plans. The session covers the fundamental principles of strategic planning, tools and techniques for analysis, and best practices for aligning strategic initiatives with organisational goals.

This course is designed to be highly interactive, with a mix of theoretical insights, practical exercises, and real-world examples to ensure participants can effectively apply strategic planning concepts in their organisations.

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Course outline

Introduction to Strategic Planning

  • Definition and importance
  • The strategic adaptive planning process
  • Benefits and challenges of strategic adaptive planning

Situational Analysis

  • SWOT analysis (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats)
  • PESTLE analysis (Political, Economic, Social, Technological, Legal, Environmental)
  • TOWS (Threats, Opportunities, Weaknesses, Threats)
  • Competitive analysis and benchmarking

Defining Vision, Mission, and Objectives

  • Crafting a compelling vision statement
  • Developing a clear mission statement
  • Awareness of canvases to support visions, and missions
  • Setting SMART (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Time-bound) OKRs (Objective Key Results)

Formulating and Implementing Strategies

  • Identifying strategic options
  • Choosing the right strategies
  • Awareness of canvases to support strategies
  • Developing roadmaps

Validating Assumptions

  • Defining hypothesis
  • Validating assumptions
  • Continuous improvement and feedback loops

Monitoring, Evaluating, and Revising Plans

  • Tracking Progress
  • Outcome vs output
  • Performance measurement techniques
  • Adapting plans based on data

Audience / prerequisites

This course is ideal for:

  • Executives and senior managers involved in strategic decision-making.
  • Business owners and entrepreneurs looking to develop strategic plans for growth.
  • Department heads and team leaders responsible for strategic initiatives.
  • Product Owners/ Product Management looking to implement strategic adaptive planning in an Agile environment.
  • Consultants and advisors providing strategic planning services.
  • Anyone interested in enhancing their strategic thinking and planning skills.

In this class you will learn how to

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

  1. Understand the key concepts and importance of strategic planning.
  2. Conduct a situational analysis using various strategic tools.
  3. Develop a strategic vision, mission, and objectives.
  4. Formulate and implement strategic initiatives.
  5. Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of strategic plans.
  6. Apply best practices for adapting and revising strategies in a dynamic environment.

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