Anyone written a five year plan?

2006-01-05 Thread Phill B
I want to write a five year plan for my companies internet team. Something that will give an idea of where we are and where I want us to go. I've never written anything like this so I have no idea where to begin. I've found references to writing one for myself but it doesn't seem to work for what

Re: Anyone written a five year plan?

2006-01-05 Thread Jillian Koskie
Five years? Wow... I'm not sure any of us knows what the face of IT will even look like in five years. I want to write a five year plan for my companies internet team. Something that will give an idea of where we are and where I want us to go. I've never written anything like this so I have no

Re: Anyone written a five year plan?

2006-01-05 Thread Phill B
Good point. How about a 2 year plan? On 1/5/06, Jillian Koskie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Five years? Wow... I'm not sure any of us knows what the face of IT will even look like in five years. I want to write a five year plan for my companies internet team. Something that will give an idea

Re: Anyone written a five year plan?

2006-01-05 Thread Cameron Childress
I think it would be a good idea to first define what your goals are for the end of that timeframe, what the company will look like (size, business operations, customers, employees, etc), and any other predictions for your company's future positon. You should be able to work backwards from there.

Re: Anyone written a five year plan?

2006-01-05 Thread Jillian Koskie
I wouldn't go any longer term than 2 years. You may even want to limit it to 1 year or 18 months with a smaller provision for 'the future'. This is something I do a lot of, but it's a bit hard to help you without knowing a little bit more. E-Mail me off-list if you'd like to discuss this

RE: Anyone written a five year plan?

2006-01-05 Thread Ken Ketsdever
I was on my on my fourth 5 year plan before I graduated from college. -Original Message- From: Phill B [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 10:59 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Anyone written a five year plan? I want to write a five year plan for my companies

Re: Anyone written a five year plan?

2006-01-05 Thread Dana
. -Original Message- From: Phill B [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 10:59 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Anyone written a five year plan? I want to write a five year plan for my companies internet team. Something that will give an idea of where we