Strategic Project Planning

The following Word documents are templates you can use to engage in strategic planning for your assigned project–or for any project. You can download these documents individually or get the entire collection.

Strategic Project Tools Collection
strat-proj-tools.zip (352KB)

Strategic Project Framework
01-st-proj-framewrk.doc (160KB)

Scanning the External World
02-scan-ext-world.doc (44KB)

The Desired Future State
03-desired-future.doc (44KB)

Developing a Mission Statement
04-mission-statement.doc (44KB)

SWOT (Stengths-Weaknesses-Opportunities-Threats) Analysis
05-swot-analysis.doc (44KB)

SWOT Summary
06-swot-summary.doc (44KB)

Gap Analysis
07-gap-analysis.doc (44KB)

Developing Strategic Goals
08-dev-st-goals.doc (44KB)

Scenario Planning
09-scenario-planning.doc (44KB)

Strategic Team Startup
10-st-team-startup.doc (44KB)

SWOT Exercise Follow Up

The following document describes some follow-up steps you might take if you were conducting a SWOT exercise independent of the more extensive startegic planning process outlined above.

SWOT Analysis and Follow Up
SWOT-Analysis-&-Follow-Up.pdf (148KB)

 

The Perils of PowerPoint

This post from Tomorrow's Professor, a free mailing list sponsored by The Stanford University Center for Teaching and Learning, "looks at the many problems one finds with...PowerPoint presentations."

Perils_of_PwrPnt.doc (56KB)

 

Deliver a Presentation like Steve Jobs

BusinessWeekly's communication coach Carmine Gallo breaks down Steve Jobs' recent Macworld keynote address into a 10 part framework.

http://www.businessweek.com/print/smallbiz/content/jan2008/sb20080125_269732.htm