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HS104: How Long Should Your Planning Horizon Be?

HS104: How Long Should Your Planning Horizon Be?

Update: 2025-05-20

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How far ahead should you plan, and what things belong in your strategic plan? Conventional wisdom holds that a 3-year planning horizon is “about right”–but in a period of rapid technical and geopolitical change (such as we’re arguably in right now) does that go too far out, particularly when agile methodologies recommend shorter action plans... Read more »

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HS104: How Long Should Your Planning Horizon Be?

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