The Start-Up Drive : Startups need planning.

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Last Updated on December 1, 2011 by Dan Nedelko

<p><img class=alignleft style=margin top 5px margin bottom 5px margin left 10px margin right 10px title=The Start Up Drive src=httpsdannedelkocominfopodcast banner 150jpg alt=The Start Up Drive width=150 height=150 >The Start Up Drive Ep 3 Agile and Lean does not mean we wont document plans<p> <p>In todays daily drive Ive been thinking about the best way to document your plans Im not talking about writing a 1000 page document Gantt charts deliverables and projections Im talking about a monthly or quarterly overview of key objectives Doing this will achieve a few goals for an up and coming company that has limited resources<p> <ol> <li>Keep focus on your goals over that time period<li> <li>Allow for non tech types to understand what youre doing<li> <li>Build up a library of documentation for potential investors<li> <li>Create a roadmap for business goal and KPI Key Performance Indicator definition and refinement<li> <li>Help to focus your efforts and build up definable metrics that can be used to one day forecast revenues and plans<li> <li>Build a machine and process for actually delivering on high level things like content strategy offers communication schedules email social media and pricing offers<li> <ol> <p>I start with either a Visio or Omnigraffle document and every 30 days or so iterate a new set of two pages Its close to a mind map but leans more towards a process flow and goal illustration<p> <p>The nice thing about this is it keeps things understandable its a quick read it doesnt take days to put together and lastly and probably most importantly it helps to document your journey in the chaos and speed of growing business<p>