Strategic planning enable business leaders to decide where to spend human capital, time, and money. With SmartDraw, you have the tools you need to succeed. To view the full blog post go to http://blog.smartdraw.com/analytical-tools-to-meet-your-strategic-planning-needs/

1. Analytical Tools to Meet Your
Strategic Planning Needs

2. It’s Time to Strategize
It's difficult to accomplish anything without a plan. Whether you're hosting
Thanksgiving dinner, running a small business, or coaching your child's soccer
team, you need a strategic plan. By establishing a strategic plan business leaders
are able to determine where to spend human capital, time, and money.
With year-end payroll reporting activities in full swing and the holidays fast
approaching, this is an opportune time to plan for next year. Fortunately,
SmartDraw has the analytical tools to meet your strategic planning needs.
This presentation is inspired by the SmartDraw Blog post entitled,
“SmartDraw Spotlight: Analytical Tools to Meet Your Strategic Planning Needs”
To view the full blog posting go to http://blog.smartdraw.com/

3. Strategic Planning Category
Strategic Planning Category's
Sub-Category List*
Strategic Planning Templates
Affinity Diagrams
AnsoffMatrix
Balance Scorecard
Competitive Analysis
Five Forces Analysis
Force Field Analysis
Goals Grid
Growth-Share Matrix
Performance Prism
PEST Analysis
Strategic Analysis
Strategy Maps
Strategy Matrices
SWOT Analysis
Value Chain Analysis
*Note: Each sub-category contains a
folder of templates and sample
diagrams.
SmartDraw Tip: To access the Strategic
Planning Category, simply open
SmartDraw. In the Left Panel of the
Category screen, select Strategic
Planning. The Strategic Planning
Template sub-category will appear in the
Category Preview and the remaining sub-categories
will appear in the Left Panel
as shown above.

4. Ansoff Matrix
It is also referred to as the
Product/Market Expansion
Grid. The matrix shows the
four ways business can grow. The
idea is that each time you move in a
quadrant (vertically or horizontally)
you increase risk.

5. Porter’s Five Forces
By using this tool you'll be able to weigh
the potential profitability of new
products, services, or businesses. In
short, you're examining the five
important forces that determine
competitive power in a business
situation.

6. SWOT Analysis
SWOT Analysis is a
strategic method that
allows you to evaluate
the strengths,
weaknesses,
opportunities and
threats involved in a
project or business
venture.

7. About RuthJoy Bitner, M.Ed.
With a M.Ed. in Human Resource Development and
Organizational Behavior, RuthJoy has become a trusted
advisor and educator working with mid-market to global
organizations providing change management and user
adoption strategy services for more than 15 years. As the
Director of Learning and Organizational Development of
SmartDraw Software she continues to coach and mentor
professionals from non-profits to Fortune 500 companies.
An unashamed perfectionist and absolute “SmartDraw Addict,” she
discovers innovative ways to use diagrams in her day-to-day activities to
increase productivity and efficiency for herself as well as her clients.

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