Determining Which Factors Will Drive Your Strategic Planning

• Author: Dennis Kennedy - Tom Mighell
• Pages: 221-226

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Determining Which

Factors Will Drive Your

Strategic Planning

Now that you are familiar with the different types of collabora-

tion tools, we conclude Part VI with a look into the factors that

will drive your planning and implementing them into your prac-

tice. Your best approach is to develop a strategic plan—one that

is thoroughly researched, well thought out, and clearly written.

It should also be revisited and revised on a regular basis.

We recognize that most of you will not reach this ideal sit-

uation, but in recommending a consistent strategic approach

we hope to encourage you to move away from the ad hoc, reac-

tive approach to collaboration. If you work through the follow-

ing topics to focus your thoughts, you’ll be well on your way

to a strategic plan, and a foundation for making good choices

about collaboration tools. This chapter serves as a review and

summary of the key points presented in this part and gives you

practical pointers for developing your own plan.

Locating Point A and Point B

Good strategic planning focuses on the basics. As we have

mentioned before, it does not get any more basic than finding a

good way to get from point A (where you are) to point B (where

you want to be). If you do not get that right, your strategic plan

will be built on a shaky foundation and probably will not stand

the test of time, even if it’s only a short time. However, locat-

ing both point A and point B can be more difficult than people

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