Build a Business Plan

Building a business plan through analysis is a critical skill for improving processes, systems and organizations. If you don’t do business analysis well, you run the risk of making bad, costly and foolhardy decisions, based on weak evidence and anecdotes. This course will help you master the important skills and essential tools of building a business plan. It will give you the opportunity to apply them in work-like situations and gain the essential relevant experience that will progress your career.   

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In this course, you will

Identify an opportunity
Identify an area in your business to build a business plan as well as develop that plan with the support of your project advisor.
Use the right methods
Gain a clear understanding of business planning and apply a range of templates and toolkits to your guided project.
Develop relevant skills
Develop and improve a selection of key skills relevant to building a business plan in your organization.

5 steps to success

16-20 hours over 6+ weeks

*Step 1 • 2-3 hrs*
**Find an opportunity**
Identify an area in your business which requires a business plan and develop that plan with the support of your project advisor.

*Step 2 • 5-6 hrs*
**Project preparation**
Research, assess, and reflect on possible approaches you can take, then draft an actionable project plan you can talk through with your project advisor. Fine-tune it based on their feedback.

*Step 3 • 6-8 hrs*
**Complete your project**
Work through your plan to achieve the outcome(s) defined in your project goal set at the beginning of your course.

*Step 4 • 2 hrs*
**Review how it went**
Discuss the results with your project advisor and highlight areas of success that your business can scale-up and use with a greater impact in the future.

*Step 5 • 1 hr*
**Showcase**
Use the STAR (Situation, Task, Action and Results) model to illustrate your achievements and key conclusions, then share them with your team.

Help is always available

Project advisor support

Invaluable insider insights from your project advisor.

Up to 3 hours of 1-2-1 support.

Guides & resources

Switch on to our online library to access authentic case studies, proven business models, and practice scenarios that will help you test and deliver your plan.

Up to 4 hours of content.