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Strategic Planning

What is Strategic Planning?

The process of defining an organization's direction and making decisions on allocating resources to pursue strategies aligned with its mission.

Governance

Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as strategic planning. The number is how many controls name both.

What the standards actually require on strategic planning

Requirements naming strategic planning across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.

Operate Risk Data Aggregation and Reporting + Talent Management + Compensation + Strategic Planning per 12 CFR Part 30 Appendix D Sections II.J + II.L + II.M + II.D.

OCCHS-7 · Risk Data Aggregation, Reporting, Talent, Compensation, and Strategic Planning

Strategic and Business Planning competency area covers organisational and system-level planning capabilities. Strategic planning and implementation for nursing organisations + nursing services + national nursing associations: vision + mission + values + SWOT +...

ICN-LFC-StrategicBusiness-Planning-BusinessCase-Financial-Performance-Capacity · ICN LFC - Strategic and Business Planning - Strategic Planning + Business Case + Financial Management + Performance Measurement + Capacity Building
ISO 223161 control

Integrate resilience evaluation outputs into strategic planning, investment decisions, and risk appetite reviews.

ISO22316-6.2 · Integration with Strategic Planning

As part of business and strategic planning the entity must assess the impact of its business and strategic decisions on its operational risk profile and operational resilience, including the impact of new products, services, geographies and technologies.

CPS230-P26 · Assessment of Business and Strategic Decisions on the Risk Profile

Integrate resilience into strategic planning, investment decisions, and major change programmes.

BS65000-8.1 · Strategic Resilience

Abstract Conceptualization (AC) is the third stage of Kolb's Experiential Learning Cycle - the Comprehension end of the grasping dimension. Learners think + analyze + theorize + connect experiences with mental models, concepts and patterns.

KOLB-Stage3-Abstract-Conceptualization-AC-Thinking-Analyzing-Theorist-Learners-Models-Patterns-Concepts · Kolb Stage 3 Abstract Conceptualization (AC) + Thinking + Analyzing + Theorist Learners + Models + Patterns + Concepts + Mental Frameworks + Theoretical Connection + Generalisation

Questions people ask about strategic planning

What is Strategic Planning?
The process of defining an organization's direction and making decisions on allocating resources to pursue strategies aligned with its mission.
Why is Strategic Planning important for compliance?
Strategic Planning is a key concept in Governance. Understanding strategic planning helps organizations meet regulatory requirements, reduce risk, and demonstrate due diligence during audits. Our compliance platform maps 686 frameworks with 311K cross-framework control mappings.
Which compliance frameworks address Strategic Planning?
Strategic Planning appears in the requirement text of OCC Heightened Standards (12 CFR Part 30, Appendix D), ICN Leadership for Change Programme, ISO 22316, APRA CPS 230 Operational Risk Management, BS 65000:2014 - Guidance on Organizational Resilience. Across these standards we have identified 7 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about Strategic Planning?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how strategic planning applies across different standards and regulations. Our implementation guides provide step-by-step guidance, and the compliance platform offers AI-powered analysis of how this concept maps across 686 frameworks.

See how Strategic Planning applies across compliance frameworks

Our platform maps 686 frameworks with 311K cross-framework control mappings. Explore how this concept is addressed across standards.

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