Strategic Planning is a core business process in an enterprise that defines the direction an organization is going and the ways it plans to use for achieving its objectives.
Strategic Planning defines a step-by-step plan for future actions. Strategic Planning can be done for an organization as a whole or for its major departments.
The Strategic Planning process usually involves the phases of strategic analysis, direction setting and action planning. In most of organizations the planning process is done periodically and is tied up to a budgeting process.
The Future Map is a tool that creates a foundation for a continuous Strategic Planning and links strategy, measurement, scenarios, intelligence and learning activities around a shared picture of the future environment.