Strategic Planning Tools
Strategic planning techniques, coupled with quantitative research, enables companies to outperform the market and take a competitive lead. Dozens of frameworks have been developed over the years by the best business and military strategists. AnythingResearch internally and with our clients, and we have outlined the most common techniques to organize and clarify your executive decision-making process.These techniques can help:
- Evaluate current operations
- Examine competitor capabilities
- Forecast market trends
- Identify related markets and growth opportunities
Should you need direct assistance, AnythingResearch experts have experience working with many leading companies and advising senior executives, small business owners, and entrepreneurs.
Strategic Planning Frameworks
- 4P's Marketing Mix
- Seven S (7S) Management Framework
- AIDA - Attention, Interest, Desire, Action - Buying Process
- Ansoff's Matrix - Product-Market Growth Matrix - Expansion Strategy
- BCG Growth-Share Matrix
- Bass Diffusion Model - Product Adoption and Innovation
- Blue Ocean Strategy
- Choice Model for Decision-Making Behavior
- Competitive Advantage
- Core Competence - Collective Learning in the Organization
- Cost-Benefit Analysis
- Delta Model
- ERG (Existence, Relatedness, Growth) Theory of Motivation
- Experience Curve
- Framing Effect on Psychology and Marketing
- GE (McKinsey) Matrix
- Growth Phases
- Predicting Industry Evolution and Change
- OODA Loop - Observe, Orient, Decide, Act
- PDCA (Plan, Do, Check, Act) - The Deming Cycle
- PEST Analysis - Political, Economical, Social, Technological, Environmental, and Legal Factors
- Perceptual Mapping - Brand Marketing
- Porter's Five Forces
- Product and Marketing Positioning
- Product Lifecycle (Industry Lifecycle)
- Root Cause Analysis
- SWOT Analysis - Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunties, Threats
- Technology Adoption Curve
- Value Chain
- Balanced Scorecard
- Benchmarking
- Customer Segmentation
- Pricing Strategy & Price Optimization
- Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A)
Strategic Planning Services
We provide strategic planning services to investors, executives, and small business owners. Email us for more information.Strategic Assessment
- Review Business Plan
- Review Industry Dynamics
- Identify Problems and Opportunities
- Review existing campaigns
- Optimize inbound and outbound marketing spend
- Prioritize vendors and channels
- Edit existing business plan
- Review alternative business models
- Prepare pitch decks and capital raising strategy