Carrying out the process not only prepares you for what lies ahead, ensuring you have adequate resources and use them in the most effective way possible, but also can warn you that a plan is not worth pursuing. That people can avoid planning either because organisational structures are poor or for personal reasons. Where a manager is highly experienced he may have enough prior knowledge to not to need to plan on a conscious level. He should not underestimate the value of his own experience by denying new managers the benefit of planning.
Good Planning takes place in a cycle, with evaluation following detailed planning.
Where evaluation indicates a plan should not be followed, you can still return to take a different course with minimal loss. After a plan you assess the plan, and learn how to improve your planning and execution. By asking yourself how you want the future to be. Maybe prepare a vision or mission statement. Exploring Options Firstly evaluating a number of options by logical thinking, Brain Storming or research.