Basic Overview of Various Strategic Planning Models
(including Basic, Issue-Based, Alignment, Scenario, Organic)
© Copyright Carter McNamara, MBA, PhD, Authenticity Consulting, LLC.Adapted from the Field Guide to Nonprofit Strategic Planning and Facilitation.
(The reader might best be served to first read the information in the topic Strategic Planning.)
(including Basic, Issue-Based, Alignment, Scenario, Organic)
© Copyright Carter McNamara, MBA, PhD, Authenticity Consulting, LLC.Adapted from the Field Guide to Nonprofit Strategic Planning and Facilitation.
(The reader might best be served to first read the information in the topic Strategic Planning.)
There is no one perfect strategic planning model for each organization. Each organization ends up developing its own nature and model of strategic planning, often by selecting a model and modifying it as they go along in developing their own planning process. The following models provide a range of alternatives from which organizations might select an approach and begin to develop their own strategic planning process. Note that an organization might choose to integrate the models, e.g., using a scenario model to creatively identify strategic issues and goals, and then an issues-based model to carefully strategize to address the issues and reach the goals.
The following models include: “basic” strategic planning, issue-based (or goal-based), alignment, scenario, and organic planning.
