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Strategic and Business Planning Support

dStrat is a Lotus Notes based application that supports organisations in the management of Corporate Plans, Business Plans and/or other functional plans such as OH&S, Information Technology and Environmental Management. dStrat presents the plan through a series of easily navigated views and documents. It turns the plan from static document into a living and working document. dStrat engages the communicative and collaborative capabilities of Lotus Notes to assist the organisation in delivering as planned.

For management; dStrat provides instant insight into the state of the plan; What’s happening as planned; and, more importantly where are the issues.

For those with responsibilities for elements of the plan; dStrat provides mechanisms for reporting progress and issues; it also distributes alerts in relation to scheduled reports and activities that approach or exceed due dates.

dStrat features and offerings include:

Planning terminology that can be customised. KRA’s, Goals, Objectives, Strategies; the organisation can apply its own terminology to the plan structure. Up to four levels in a plan. For example, a three level plan may comprise the elements; Goals, Objectives and Strategies.
There is a pseudo fifth level, whereby activities can be associated with any of the four primary levels.
A simple cycle for setting up the plan. The plan elements are moved through the states: Draft - Planned - Current - Completed.
Reporting regimes for a plan are flexible. Reporting can be both qualitative and quantitative. Reporting can be set up against one or more levels in the plan. Reporting rules (frequency, timing, indicators) can be consistent (defaults) across a level or they can be specific (override defaults) to individual elements of a plan.
Quantitative reporting against the plan is achieved with the use of standard indicators. The plan administrators can set up groups of standard indicators, which can be associated with various elements of the plan. Unique indicators for an individual element of the plan can also be established.
Alerts and escalations can be set-up to assist persons responsible for implementation and delivery of plan outcomes.
Access to elements of a plan is secure in terms of who can read, edit and report against them.
Linkages can be established between plan databases. For example, an Environmental Plan can reference a Corporate Plan.
The range of views inside the application detail the state of a plan; these views can be complimented by the use of third party tools such as Crystal Reports.

		Strategic and Business Planning Support dStrat is a Lotus Notes based application that supports organisations in the management of Corporate Plans, Business Plans and/or other functional plans such as OH&S, Information Technology and Environmental Management. dStrat presents the plan through a series of easily navigated views and documents. It turns the plan from static document into a living and working document. dStrat engages the communicative and collaborative capabilities of Lotus Notes to assist the organisation in delivering as planned. For management; dStrat provides instant insight into the state of the plan; What’s happening as planned; and, more importantly where are the issues. For those with responsibilities for elements of the plan; dStrat provides mechanisms for reporting progress and issues; it also distributes alerts in relation to scheduled reports and activities that approach or exceed due dates. dStrat features and offerings include: Planning terminology that can be customised. KRA’s, Goals, Objectives, Strategies; the organisation can apply its own terminology to the plan structure. Up to four levels in a plan. For example, a three level plan may comprise the elements; Goals, Objectives and Strategies. There is a pseudo fifth level, whereby activities can be associated with any of the four primary levels. A simple cycle for setting up the plan. The plan elements are moved through the states: Draft - Planned - Current - Completed. Reporting regimes for a plan are flexible. Reporting can be both qualitative and quantitative. Reporting can be set up against one or more levels in the plan. Reporting rules (frequency, timing, indicators) can be consistent (defaults) across a level or they can be specific (override defaults) to individual elements of a plan. Quantitative reporting against the plan is achieved with the use of standard indicators. The plan administrators can set up groups of standard indicators, which can be associated with various elements of the plan. Unique indicators for an individual element of the plan can also be established. Alerts and escalations can be set-up to assist persons responsible for implementation and delivery of plan outcomes. Access to elements of a plan is secure in terms of who can read, edit and report against them. Linkages can be established between plan databases. For example, an Environmental Plan can reference a Corporate Plan. The range of views inside the application detail the state of a plan; these views can be complimented by the use of third party tools such as Crystal Reports.