Practical Business Planning

An Intensive 5-day Training Course

Practical Business Planning

Developing and Delivering an Effective Plan

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DateVenueFee
12-16 Jan 2026Online$3,950RESERVE A SEAT

Training Course Overview

Business planning is a vital management tool for achieving success in the global marketplace and maintaining accountability to shareholders. However, without effective project management, these plans risk becoming mere “shelfware” rather than actionable strategies.

Often, business planning is reduced to an annual routine focused solely on financial metrics, failing to serve as a dynamic tool for defining and implementing profitable change. This Anderson training course presents a practical and robust approach to crafting a business vision through comprehensive analysis and discussion, and ensures that vision is executed through a structured program of projects led by engaged and accountable managers.

Training Course Objectives

By attending this Anderson training course, delegates will be able to:

  • Design and manage a business planning process which suits their business
  • Mobilize the resources and information required to produce a robust business plan
  • Analyze their business environment to develop a plan which will deliver the “business vision”
  • Finalize and communicate a business plan to the stakeholders affected by the plan
  • Direct and manage the delivery of the plan through a coherent PRINCE2 programme

Designed for

This Anderson training course is suitable for a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:

  • Senior leaders in Marketing, Finance, Operations and HR functions
  • Headquarters staff in complex organizations across all business sectors and public administration
  • Departmental heads responsible for components of the business plan
  • Senior Programme and Project Management staff
  • Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) leaders aiming to grow their businesses

The Course Outline

Day One: 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!”
Day Two: 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
Day Three: 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
Day Four: 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
Day Five: 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”

The Certificate

  • Anderson Certificate of Completion will be provided to delegates who attend and complete the course
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