| What | Why | How | When | Who |
| Executive Summary and Recommendations | SWOT | Function
Business
Corporate | Control | Structure |
| Identification of the Industry, included where you are and where the competition is | Analyze Resources and Capabilities both Internal and External | How we will address the threads at each level based on current resources and capabilities | What are the most important things you must do to meet the objective (thread) | Is the organizations resources and capabilities organized to meet the objective? |
| Elude to the major threads | Identify the Gaps based on the Industry Life Cycle | View each based on the thread identification and your objectives | How are you going to measure (Results against a standard) the movement of the strategy to meet objectives | What do you need to change or reinforce? |
| Mission and Ethos. Do they compliment the objectives?
| Create the Thread(s) | Tie the Threads together | |
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| | Conclusions summarize what you’ve found | | |
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| Final Actionable Recommendations to meet the objective | | | |
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