The Lazy Man’s Guide to Action Plans
Never written an
Action Plan before? Want to get
started, what identify Action Plan steps, and looking for examples? In
this series of tutorials, I will help you define your Action Plan, give
samples to download, and show you how to format your MS Word templates.
Action Plan -
Chapter 2, Management Structure
1. Action Plan: Define it
An Action Plan enables you to
communicate the goals that need to be
achieved to realize your business goals. An Action Plan must be
measurable, practical, and accountable.
2. Action Plan: Format it
To do this, your Action Plan template must include fields for a
detailed description of the tasks, to
who it has been assigned, the due date, priority, current status, and
completion date.
3. Action Plan: Write it
The Action Plan is a means to
communicate scope to management. By
communicating your scope of work, it serves as a tool to manage
expectations and to assist in the setting of priorities…especially when
the projects stack up.
About the Author: Ivan
Walsh is a Business Plan Consultant who has worked for IBM, Intel and
NEC in the US, Europe and China. Get his
Action Plan Templates and
Free Business
Writing Tips here.
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