Avoiding Atrophy in Your Planning Process

Oliver Wight’s new white paper, Avoiding Atrophy in Your Planning Process, by Dennis A. Daniel, defines Integrated Business Planning and Integrated Planning and Control, and outlines the causes of a decline in the business planning processes that can lead to atrophy. The author presents a variety of scenarios that lead to planning process degradation including the reassignment of key players, a failure to replace critical resources, and a weakening of data integrity. The paper includes examples of atrophied processes, solutions for avoiding atrophy, examples of best practices, and diagnosis strategies.