The Strat/Assess business software methodology delivers:
- a format for a business plan
- with the chapters below
- with a questionnaire as a self assessment per chapter- (part of the Strat/Assess e-book).
- includes business stress test and bottom line decision making
This approach differentiates from standard business plan formats:
- by its unique multi dimensional scoring and self assessments per chapter
- leading to clear bottom line objective evidence and fact based decision making.
- contributing to preventive and corrective actions,
- enabling to avoid overoptimism and limits investment and business risks.
Feel free to make your own dashboard and business plan or monitor an existing business plan via the DEMO.
Just 5 steps:
- Formulate your business plan(s)
- Score each chapter(self assessment)
- Complete the dashboard with the chapter scores
- Review and improve: have a strategic discussion on the results
- Optional: review portfolio results
Chapters Strat/Assess business plan format
The on-line Business plan Support Guide provides as an electronical textbook comprehensive information for developing the content of the business plan.
1. Business plan management summary(Chapter I Business Plan)
Description of content management summary(on-line Business plan Support Guide).
Just write your own text and summarise in:
The Strat/Assess dashboard
2. Company/Business profile (Chapter II Business Plan)
Description of company infra structural settings(Just write your own text)
What strategy:
3. Strat/Assess input: Strategy development (Chapter III Business Plan)
Guide on how to develop a strategy(on-line Business plan Support Guide).
Just write your own text and summarise in Strat/Assess dashboard element(via the questionnaire in the on-line Business plan Support Guide):
SELF ASSESSMENT: STRATEGY
4. Strat/Assess input: Strategic market map/ External Orientation (Chapter IV Business Plan)
Guide on how to make the external orientation(on-line Business plan Support Guide).
Just write your own text and summarise in Strat/Assess dashboard element(via the questionnaire in the on-line Business plan Support Guide):
SELF ASSESSMENT: STRATEGIC MARKET MAP
5. Strat/Assess input: Strategic competences map / Internal Orientation (Chapter V Business Plan)
To describe the competences required(on-line Business plan Support Guide).
Just write your own text and summarise in Strat/Assess dashboard element(via the questionnaire in the on-line Business plan Support Guide):
SELF ASSESSMENT: STRATEGIC COMPETENCES MAP
6.Strat/Assess input: Financial plans(Chapter VI Business plan)
Making the financial section, calculating investments, contribution margins and results(on-line Business plan Support Guide).
Just write your own text and summarise in Strat/Assess dashboard element(via the questionnaire in the on-line Business plan Support Guide):
1. Likely/Base case
2. Best/Highest case
3. Worst/Lowest case
Related Net Present Value for each scenario:
Aligned with :
FINAN: www.finan.nl/
7. Strat/Assess input: Integral Business Development by business/project stage(Chapter VII Business plan)
This section has the characteristics of a self assessment tool(on-line Business plan Support Guide).
It will help identify the extent to which the strategic elements of a business plan are in place and its progress by stage
Just write your own text and summarise in Strat/Assess dashboard element(via the questionnaire in the on-line Business plan Support Guide):
SELF ASSESSMENT: PROGRESS DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC ELEMENTS OF A BUSINESS PLAN
7.1 Strat/Assess input: Scoring Stage 1 Concept/basic outlines of a business plan
Guide and questionnaire on scoring for stage 1 projects.
7.2. Strat/Assess input: Scoring Stage 2 Initial business plan/Try-out
Guide and questionnaire on scoring for stage 2 projects.
7.3. Strat/Assess input: Scoring Stage 3/4
Stage 3. Advanced business plan: Product/service development
Stage 4. Complete business plan: Market introduction/launch
Guide and questionnaire on scoring for stage 3 and 4 projects.
How strategy:
Just write your own text(on-line Business plan Support Guide).
8. Strat/Assess input: How strategy/Program management-competence development programmes- (Chapter VIII Business plan)
Description on how to develop practical and actionable plans ( including its specific required resources in manpower and money) for the key functions of the business case/project.
9. Strat/Assess input: How strategy: Operational road map(Chapter IX. Business Plan)
(Separately complete template in Excel format available as part of the Business Plan Pack and the Premium Pack)
For the daily operations and progress monitoring an action calendar that enables the execution of the plan and recognizes at early stage possible progress backlogs.
10. Strat/Assess input: Progress monitoring/Strategic discussion and risk analysis(Chapter X Business plan)
Identifies roadblocks, issues, hindering factors that have to be discussed and by preference solved with management and/or other decision makers in a strategic discussion(on-line Business plan Support Guide).
Just write your own text and summarise in Strat/Assess dashboard element:
SELF ASSESSMENT: IDENTIFYING STRATEGIC ISSUES AND BUSINESS RISK
This will drastically improve bottom-line decision making based on all self assessment scores:
The Demo can be accessed as follows: