Strategic Planning defines the future direction of organizations and their gameplan to accomplish their missions. Effective planning is the key to mobilizing, focusing and aligning the entire organization in a common direction. ICOR works with agencies, lines of business (LOBs), and program offices to explicitly link strategy to execution – the key to attaining sustainable organizational success. Our services have the secondary effect of ensuring compliance with mandates to include the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) and OMB Circular A-11. Throughout the entire strategy-execution lifecycle, our experienced consultants partner with clients to integrate knowledge of policy, sector dynamics and strategic drivers with the proven best practices required to identify, implement, and manage breakthrough business, transformation, and operating strategies. Our Strategic Planning services include:

• Strategic Plan Development. Transformational corporate, LOB, and program-level planning, visioning, and goal setting focused on linking and mobilizing capabilities and assets to current and future missions, stakeholders, and customers.
• Environmental Scan. Establishing a deep understanding and fact-base of external forces, market drivers, and environmental conditions and their implications to our clients’ strategic agenda.
• Customer Value Mapping. Identifying, understanding, and aligning strategic activities, resources, and tactical activities to the needs and expectations of customers and stakeholders.
• Strategic Roadmapping. Guiding strategy implementation by creating a time-based representation of strategic, technology, and operational activities linked to resources, benefits, and outcomes.
• Sourcing Strategy. Utilizing the OMB Circular A-76 process and industry best practices to determine the most efficient and effective internal or external source for services, capabilities, and expertise required by our clients to support their missions.
• Strategy Management Office (SMO). Supporting implementation and sustainability of strategic plans by providing life-cycle management, measurement, communications, compliance and responsiveness to shifting priorities and environmental conditions.