Stratealeon Consulting’s unique and effective strategic planning process
At Stratealeon Consulting, we have developed a unique and effective strategic planning process that we use to help us construct a successful business strategy for our clients. We have incorporated four steps into our process, all of which are geared towards assisting our clients in the successful management of their businesses in order to achieve their desired business goals/objectives.
In order to understand the process below, a few definitions need to be clarified.
Value proposition
A value proposition can be defined as the products and services a business offers that creates value for a specific customer segment. Such a proposition brings together the benefits a business offers a customer through satisfying a customer's need, or solving a customer's problem. Creating a value proposition plays a critical role in the development of a business model.
Business model
A business model can be defined as an abstract representation of a business that is developed to identify all of the arrangements that need to be made in order to achieve a business’ strategic goals/objectives. The primary dimensions or constructs of business models consist of the value proposition, value architecture (the infrastructure and technological architecture of a business that allows it to move products and/or services), value finance (all information related to pricing methods, total cost of ownership and revenue structures), as well as value network architecture.
The main purpose of a business model is to rationally describe how exactly a business goes about capturing, creating and delivering value.
At Stratealeon consulting,
we have developed a unique and effective strategic planning process that we use to help us construct a successful business strategy for our clients...
The four steps we implement are as follows:
Identifying the value proposition of each Business or of its identifiable parts
During this first step, Stratealeon Consulting will assist businesses in unlocking an understanding of the current state of their business value proposition, and how to move forward by identifying what can be added to it by way of future development. As already mentioned, a concise value proposition forms a critical part of a successful business model.
Infrastructure management
The purpose of the second step in the process is to recognise and understand the key activities that need to be completed in order to deliver the value proposition. During this step, we will assist businesses in identifying and unlocking three key factors through mind mapping and brainstorming, including:
- Identifying what the key activities in the process of delivering the value proposition are.
- Identifying the key resources that are already in place for completing the key activities in question.
- Identifying what partner networks are relied upon to deliver the key activities in question. Partner networks include both internal resources (such as HR, IT, finance, logistics and purchasing departments), and external resources (such as suppliers) that are not directly employed by a business, but whose services are needed for a business to deliver their value proposition.
Customer interface
This step takes shape in the form of a discussion that is aimed towards understanding who exactly the customer is, what the nature of a business’ relationship with the customer is, what distribution channels link the customer and the business, and what segmentation (for example product line extension or market extension) will take the relationship with the customer forward.
Financial insights
During the fourth and final step, Stratealeon Consulting will look at the major cost drivers associated with delivering the value proposition and what revenue streams are currently in existence. We will further assist our clients in delving deeper into what opportunities exist to manage/reduce/improve cost structures and to identify opportunities that can introduce new revenue streams.
The ultimate purpose of this process is to prioritise a business’ intentions and activities in order to clarify what needs urgent attention and resolution, identify the possible major risks that could impact on a business’ ability to deliver on its value proposition, and to create a plan of action to deal with those possible risks.
What makes Stratealeon Consulting’s process so unique?
After going through the entire process of strategic planning, most strategic planners will leave their clients to it on their own, leaving them with a long “to do” list structured to deliver on your strategic intent.
At Stratealeon Consulting, however, we assist our clients in the steps that follow this four-step process, including implementing project management and change management in order to deliver the desired strategic outcomes.
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