The Fast Track System

The Fast Track Strategic Planning System© covers planning preparation, three planning sessions and plan implementation. 

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We deliver the Fast Track Strategic Planning System© through unique scripts and tools.

We have created the Fast Track Strategic Planning System and these proprietary scripts and tools from our decades of strategic planning and implementation experience.  They enable any organization to time- and cost-effectively find a shared vision and create and implement strategies and action steps to move to the vision and greater success.


The current Fast Track Strategic Planning System© scripts and tools:


1.0  PREPARE TO PLAN
1.1. Fast Track Strategic Planning System© Overview
1.2. Strategic Business Leader’s Gap Planning Model
1.3. Finding the Right Facilitator
1.4. The Facilitator’s Role in the Fast Track Strategic Planning System©
1.5. The Environmental Scan (includes worksheets and suggested web resources)
1.6. Organizational Survey for Strategic Planning Process (includes questionnaire 
           and accompanying communications)

1.7. Strategic Business Leader© Planning Quiz
1.8. Answers: Strategic Business Leader© Planning Quiz

2.0  DEVELOP A SHARED VISION
2.1. Session One: Planning Introduction and Development of a Shared 
      Vision

      This document details:
      How to organize and conduct the planning session, including
           Participants
           Facilitation
           Timeframe
           Pre-session input
           Communications
           Setting
           Roles
           Development techniques
           Evaluation methods
           Resources needed
           3-hour agenda
           Products/deliverables
           Identification of Strategic Business Leader resources
                available to support the session
      Session task and questions to address
     
2.2. Developing a Shared Vision
2.3. Exercises for Developing a Shared Vision
2.4. Identifying Target Customers (includes worksheets)
2.5. Identifying Key Stakeholders  (includes ranking grid)
2.6. Developing the Basis for Competition (includes trade-off analysis and scaling 
             to facilitate selection)

2.7. Determining Customer Expectations (includes worksheets)
2.8. Determining Major Products and Services (includes growth/share matrix)
2.9. Determining Strengths and Strategic Assets  (includes worksheet)
2.10. Identifying Strategic Opportunities (includes screening questions)
2.11. What is a Mission/Purpose Statement and Why is it Important?
2.12. Developing a One-Sentence Mission/Purpose© Statement (provides 
             streamlined development process)

2.13. Examples of One-Sentence Mission/Purpose© Statements
2.14. What are Organizational Values and Why are They Important?
2.15. Developing an Organizational Values Statement
             (provides streamlined development process)
2.16. Examples of Organizational Values Statements

3.0  IDENTIFY STRATEGIC GAPS
3.1. Session Two: Identification of Strategic Gaps

      This document details:
      How to organize and conduct the planning session, including
           Participants
           Facilitation
           Timeframe
           Pre-session input
           Communications
           Setting
           Roles
           Development techniques
           Evaluation methods
           Resources needed
           2-hour agenda
           Products/deliverables
           Identification of Strategic Business Leader resources
                available to support the session
      Session task and questions to address

3.2. What are Strategic Gaps? Understanding the Organization’s 
      Status and Direction Versus Vision
3.3. Identifying Key Competitors  (includes ranking grid)
3.4. Determining Weaknesses and Strategic Liabilities
             (includes worksheet)
3.5. Identifying Strategic Threats (includes screening questions)
3.6. Identification of Resource Needs (incluces categories and examples)

4.0  CLOSE THE GAPS: STRATEGIES & ACTION STEPS
4.1. Session Three: Development of Strategies to Close the Gaps

      This document details:
      How to organize and conduct the planning session, including
           Participants
           Facilitation
           Timeframe
           Pre-session input
           Communications
           Setting
           Roles
           Development techniques
           Evaluation methods
           Resources needed
           3-hour agenda
           Products/deliverables
           Identification of Strategic Business Leader resources
                available to support the session
      Session task and questions to address

4.2. What are Strategies?
4.3. Examples of Strategies
4.4. Strategy Assessment Worksheets (includes 9 worksheets)
4.5. Strategy Prioritization and Selection (includes evaluation parameters)
4.6. What are Action Steps?
4.7. Examples of Action Steps
4.8. Action Steps Assessment Worksheets (includes 7 worksheets)
4.9. Developing Action Steps (includes process and 
            prioritization questions)

4.10. Measuring Progress
4.11. Assignment of Responsibilities and Timelines
4.12. Getting and Maintaining Commitment
4.13. Planning Dashboard  (includes link to Strategic Business Leader planning
             dashboard)
4.14. Planning Check-in (includes agenda)
4.15. When Things Change
4.16. Planning to Re-Plan