Analysis Of Resources Supporting Your Operational Plan

For tactical or short-term existing resources supporting your operational plan, you must be ruthlessly analytical. A great danger of planning is to overcommit tasks and targets without adequate resources for support. Consider these ten items when looking at your existing resources base to support the operational plan:

1. Time
   1. Have we distributed the tasks over the right time frame by quarter?
   2. Is the time frame realistic for the task at hand?
2. Information
   1. Do I have the right amount of information on hand to make short-term decisions?
   2. What additional data must I gather to support my decisions?
   3. How will I manage the volume of information currently flowing through the system?
   4. What are obstacles and barriers to overcome for effective communication of information?
3. Staffing levels
   1. Do I have the right amount of people in place to accomplish the tasks?
   2. Are the right skills represented among the workforce?
   3. Will I be able to find and hire against my job skills shortfall?
   4. Can I afford to pay for the core competencies I need?
4. Facilities
   1. Do we have adequate facilities to get the work done?
   2. Are conditions in the offices, plants, or facilities conducive to effective work?
5. Tools and equipment
   1. Do we have the right items on hand to properly do the job?
   2. Can we afford any upgrades or replacements required?
   3. How soon will we be able to get the tools and equipment needed?
6. Technology
   1. Will our existing technology be able to keep pace with the action plan?
   2. Can we afford to leapfrog technology?
   3. What will be the implications of working with outdated technology if our competitor is state-of the-art?
7. Relationships
   1. Do we have the right partnerships, alliances, and outsource partners for the mission?
   2. How difficult will it be to put a relationship in place to meet mission deadlines?
   3. Are there old relationships that must be renegotiated or dropped?
8. Intellectual capital
   1. Do I have people with the willingness to share experiences for a synergistic effect?
   2. Do we have a formal database of lessons learned to draw from along the way?
9. Financial
   1. Do we have the money to support the annual plan?
   2. Have budget considerations been included as an internal part of the planning process or are they an add-on feature?

10.  Image

1. Will our brand recognition help or hinder us from reaching the intended annual targets?
2. How must marketing be cranked up to support the plan?
3. Are there customer or community activities that need to be renewed or revisited?
4. How can we make the most of our good name and reputation?

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