A good strategic business plan should be a moneymaker and an integral part of everyone's job and the process is built into the budget. The problem of not having enough time seems to result from the fact that few companies plan for their planning process. All too many departments see planning as an intrusion on the task of making money or getting their real jobs done. Check your plan against the corporate mission. Your mission is an overarching guide for the future.
Any potential conflicts are a sure sign that something is out of harmony.
Take heed before it catches you by surprise. One major organization suffered for years through the process of rigorously setting goals and then put them in a file without checking them against their mission. They wondered what kept going wrong until new management brought in new methods and systems to set goals and create plans that were consistent with the organizational mission. The process was difficult but the positive results paid off very well. 1997 - 1999 Cyber Quotations.