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Practical Business Planning

Developing and Delivering an Effective Plan

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Why Choose Us

The Practical Business Planning Training Course offers more than just theoretical knowledge; it provides a hands-on, actionable approach to business planning that drives tangible results. In today’s fast-paced business environment, it’s essential for professionals to go beyond traditional planning methods and adopt strategies that align vision with execution. This course is designed to help participants move past number-crunching exercises, turning business planning into a powerful tool for sustainable growth and performance.

Through this course, attendees will gain a clear understanding of how to structure their planning process, conduct meaningful environmental analyses, and develop strategic objectives that lead to measurable outcomes. It empowers professionals to facilitate meaningful planning discussions, align stakeholders, and create repeatable processes that foster organizational change. Whether you're managing a team or an entire department, this Practical Business Planning Course equips you with the tools to make business plans that actually work.

Key course highlights include:

  • Designing actionable, results-driven business plans
  • Creating plans that drive organizational change
  • Structuring a time-bound, repeatable planning cycle
  • Facilitating effective stakeholder alignment and planning discussions
Why Choose Practical Business Planning
Course Goals

What are the Goals?

By the end of the Practical Business Planning Training Course, participants will have gained the knowledge and skills to:

  • Design and manage a tailored business planning process
  • Gather and use data and resources to inform and support planning
  • Conduct environmental analyses to guide business strategies
  • Finalize and communicate strategic business plans to internal teams
  • Lead project execution with structured processes and clear accountability

Who is this Training Course for?

The Practical Business Planning Course is ideal for anyone in an organization who is involved in the strategic direction, oversight, or growth of the business. This training is especially beneficial for:

  • Senior Managers and Aspiring General Managers
  • Business Leaders and C-Level Executives
  • Department Heads in areas such as Finance, HR, Marketing, and Operations
  • Project and Programme Management Professionals
  • Strategic Planners and Business Developers
  • SME Owners seeking structured growth strategies

This course is tailored for professionals at all levels who want to gain practical, actionable skills in business planning and strategy execution.

Learning Approach

How will this Training Course be Presented?

This Practical Business Planning Training Course combines theoretical instruction with real-world application, ensuring that participants can directly apply what they learn. The course involves interactive workshops, case studies, and group activities, where participants will work through the entire business planning cycle from start to finish. This hands-on approach is designed to simulate real business environments and challenges.

Participants will also engage in team-based exercises, role-plays, and peer discussions to enhance their collaborative planning skills. They’ll explore major planning models, like the Fishbone method, SWOT, and Porter’s Five Forces, to ensure they understand how to build strategic plans that truly align with organizational goals. By the end of the course, attendees will feel confident in leading and managing the business planning process within their own companies.

Presentation Methods:

  • Structured group exercises and real-world case studies
  • Role-play and critical analysis of corporate planning models
  • Interactive planning challenges to replicate the planning lifecycle
  • Peer collaboration and hands-on problem-solving activities

The Course Content

Introduction and Background

  • Introduction – planning as leadership
  • Business Planning as a cross-business process – “Train hard, fight easy!”
  • Bottom-up and Top-down planning approaches
  • Resources and facilities required for successful planning
  • Financial Planning and Business Planning
  • The importance of practical delivery – “where the rubber meets the road!”

The Planning Workshop – Walk-through of the “Fishbone”© Method

  • Using the Fishbone© approach to shape the problem for an imaginary client described in student case study material
  • Appraisal of the plan start point
  • Formulation of the desired end-state
  • Analysis of the “terrain of travel”
  • Planning for Effectiveness
  • Planning for Efficiency

Using the Planner’s Toolkit

  • Porter’s Five Forces analysis
  • SWOT and Force-field analysis
  • The Boston Matrix
  • The Ansoff Matrix
  • The Communications Matrix©
  • The Balanced Scorecard

Plan Delivery through Projects

  • PRINCE2 programme/project management
  • Plan delivery and governance
  • Engaging and motivating the organization’s resources
  • Business Planning as part of Total Quality Management and “Lean”
  • Measurement and Display
  • Building a planning culture

From Concept to Practical Reality

  • Communicating the plan to stakeholders
  • Stepping stones, trip-ups and milestones
  • Resourcing the projects
  • Monitoring and celebrating success
  • Continuous improvement of the process
  • The “proof of the pudding”
Recognition

Certificate

  • • Wallstreet Development Academy Certificate of Completion for delegates who attend and complete the training course.
Collaborations

In Partnership With

Anderson Copex Coventry