Within the first two to three planning meetings, the planning group develops a detailed work plan to serve as a comprehensive blue print for conducting the strategic planning effort. The work plan should identify the following:
The group uses then uses this work plan to plan and monitor the activities and the progress of individual meetings and the overall strategic planning process.

A framework to aid in the development of the work plan is shown below:

Notwithstanding what was previously described for the work plan in the beginning of this page, the chart above can be used to drive an even more tactical perspective. A more tactical work plan outlines in greater specific detail how a project will be conducted, who will work on which part, and when and in what order each part will be accomplished. Most tactical work plans include the following elements: