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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.

The board and senior management evaluate whether the IT strategic plans align with the enterprise business and strategic plan and priorities: senior management understands and supports AIO activities and confirms their inclusion in the plan, management defines...

ffiec-it-examination-handbook::AIO-II.A.1 · II.A.1 Strategic Planning (Architecture, Infrastructure, and Operations) →

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 →

The governing body should take part in strategic planning by being clear about its own role in the process, delegating where needed, examining, evaluating and approving the plans its delegates prepare, and overseeing how the plans are carried out and whether t...

iso-37000-2021::6.3.3.2.1 · 6.3.3.2.1 Engage with strategic planning →
ISSB Standards3 controls

Within strategy (whose objective, 28 to 29, is to explain how the entity manages these risks and opportunities and what they mean for its business model, value chain, strategy, financial position and resilience) the entity describes those sustainability risks...

issb-standards::S1-30 · S1.28 to 31: Sustainability-related risks and opportunities →
ISO 223162 controls

Annex A lists the management disciplines that can support the coordination guidance of 5.8. They are the management of assets, business continuity, communications, crises, cyber security, emergencies, the environment, facilities, health and safety, human resou...

iso-22316::A · Annex A Relevant management disciplines (informative) →

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 1,016 frameworks with 316K cross-framework control mappings.
Which compliance frameworks address Strategic Planning?
Strategic Planning appears in the requirement text of FFIEC IT Examination Handbook, ICN Leadership for Change Programme, ISO 37000:2021, NFPA 1600 - Standard on Continuity, Emergency, and Crisis Management, ISSB Standards. Across these standards we have identified 13 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 1,016 frameworks.

See how Strategic Planning applies across compliance frameworks

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