Operational success is the backbone of any thriving organization, and I believe the key to achieving it lies in effective annual planning. It's crucial to reflect on the past and strategize for the ...

The following is excerpted from CannonDesign’s Strategic Insights Series: “Proactive Operational Planning for Successful Ambulatory Care Delivery.” Healthcare delivery is rapidly shifting to the ...

Simons, Robert L., and Antonio Davila. "Becton Dickinson: Designing the New Strategic, Operational, and Financial Planning Process TN." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 198-034, November 1997.

During an Operation Enduring Freedom deployment, a planner with the J-5 shop of an expeditionary sustainment command heard a commander say, "I'm tired of hearing what doctrine says; I want something ...

Simons, Robert L., Antonio Davila, and Afroze A Mohammed. "Becton Dickinson--Designing the New Strategic, Operational, and Financial Planning Process." Harvard Business School Case 197-014, July 1996.

This is a revised column from one that Dr. Chaman Jain, the editor of the Journal of Business Forecasting (JBF), recently asked me to write. It discussed the relationship between strategic and ...

This chapter contains a description of the status of the capabilities-based planning (CBP) processes of the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) and the Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (OJCS).

For years, operational planners have relied on generic software to build the plans that guide every mission within the Department of Defense. Unspecialized tools like Microsoft PowerPoint, Word and ...