The College of Engineering and Applied Science (CEAS) conducts an operational planning (OP) process to align collective resources with our strategic plans. Each unit (department, program, ...

The process of operational goal-setting is a critical step when it comes to business planning. It's the step that transforms strategic plans into actionable items. I previously wrote about operational ...

Operational planning is a critical part of a manager or small business owner's job in a small company. A company's leaders must set goals and develop a plan for work activities, or operations, ...

This is a revised column from one that Dr. Chaman Jain, the editor of the Journal of Business Forecasting (JBF), recently asked me to write. It discussed the relationship between strategic and ...

If you've ever found yourself asking "What's the difference between strategic and operational plans," you're not alone. Strategic business plans usually set long-term, big-picture goals for a company, ...

For years, operational planners have relied on generic software to build the plans that guide every mission within the Department of Defense. Unspecialized tools like Microsoft PowerPoint, Word and ...

Formally establishing a framework to understand the sustainment challenges supporting Army expeditionary maneuver may increase the effectiveness of implementing capability considerations from past ...