During the planning process, a small business's owner and team forecast -- or model -- the company's future in terms of the strategic actions that will be taken in order to reach the company's goals, ...

One of the best things about being a consultant is the opportunity to see so many kinds of businesses. Though different companies are certainly at different stages of their lifecycles, strategic ...

Production planning takes anticipated capacity requirements and translates them into needs for specific production elements. It allows a company to fulfill sales projections in an efficient manner ...

The word “planning” is a frequently used term, but its meaning is often open to a variety of interpretations. Expectations for how to write, communicate and deliver on a plan, whether it’s a ...

A version of this article appeared in the Autumn 2016 issue of strategy+business. Most companies have leaders with the strong operational skills needed to maintain the status quo. But they face a ...

One of agile development’s core principles is to deliver working software at the end of every sprint. Teams accomplish this by defining robust user story acceptance criteria, committing to the sprint ...