Producing a business plan offers an excellent opportunity to consider all the facets of a business or a project, testing feasibilty and providing greater confidence in decision making
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Producing a Business Plan
A business plan is a blueprint of an organisation's past, present and future. It is vital to the success of any venture and an indispensable management tool. Producing a business plan offers an excellent opportunity to consider all the facets of a business or a project, testing feasibility and providing greater confidence in decision making. It will also help identify future financing needs and is often a necessary step in raising external finance.
Benefits and Uses of a Business Plan
- Establishing corporate goals and setting objectives
- Develop in more detail the broad action points from strategic planning
- Testing the feasibility of a business strategy
- Communicating corporate goals and objectives to owners, management, investors and employees
- Sufficient detail and overview to enable the reader to get a complete and accurate picture of the business
- Information on any risks associated with the plans and contingencies to minimise such risks
- Flexibility and contingency plans if key assumptions are not met
- Trends and developments in the marketplace and the operating environment
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