• The Strategic intent of the business

• and the intentions relevant to the Strategy Area and the strategy to be built

• The Business' Objectives lead to

• Particularly those relevant to the Strategy Area and the strategy to be built

• The Business Strategies to attain the above Business Objectives

• The Value Chain, ie. Business Processes executed under these strategies

• The Critical Success Factors, required to successfully execute the strategies.

• The support required from the Strategy Area is derived from the Business Perspective.

• The actual support provided by the Strategy Area to the Business Strategies, Processes and CSFs.

• Support and related business practices regarded as Best Practice are researched.

Business' requirements

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Actual support by Strategy Area

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Actual Gap

Best Practice

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Actual support by Strategy Area

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Best Practice Gap

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Total Gap

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• The development of the strategies follows the definition, that a strategy is the way to attain an objective. In the present case the objectives are to close the gaps.