tailieunhanh - The Business Planning Guide by David H Bangs Jr_8

Tham khảo tài liệu 'the business planning guide by david h bangs jr_8', kinh doanh - tiếp thị, quản trị kinh doanh phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | PRACTICAL PLANNING PLANNING CYCLE Planning cycle timings - example Central units will carry out socio-political forecasts to review trends that will impact the business Two months or so prior to the end of the current planning cycle Based on these guidelines will be set for units One month or so prior to the end of the current planning year The strategy will be reviewed for any changes due to shifts in the assumptions environment This will be communicated along with the guidelines last year s plans and results as well as timings for submission of this year s plan Units prepare their plans and budgets and an iterative process of analysis and challenge followed by amendments etc takes place The final plans are agreed and signed off in time for next year One month or so prior to the end of the current planning year One to two months into the new planning year Three to six months into the new planning year Six to ten months into the new year PRACTICAL PLANNING PLANNING TOOLS TECHNIQUES TIMECHARTS Almost all plans will contain a timechart of some sort. This links tasks with time and often shows dependencies. Usually it will detail resources and critical elements. There are several types of these ranging from the familiar bar charts through to more qualitative examples although they are all designed to give the same output - a route map of the way forward. Two of the more usual are Gantt charts PERT analysis Both of which are different ways of showing Critical Path Management CPM . PRACTICAL PLANNING PLANNING TOOLS TECHNIQUES CRITICAL PATH MANAGEMENT Critical Path Management CPM also known as Critical Path Analysis CPA was developed to help manage very complicated projects. The principles on which it is based however are very relevant to planning. These are In all sets of actions which is what a plan is there are a number which are both critical and on which others are dependent ie without them either key parts of the plan do not happen or other parts cannot take place .