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Assumption Driven Planning

Conventional business planning methods rely on the premise that future results can be extrapolated from past performance.  These methods are appropriate for business in a stable, predictable business environment. However, for new businesses or during uncertain times historical data maybe unavailable or misleading producing seriously wrong conclusions.

CLEO Consulting Partners resolves this through the use of Assumption Driven Planning.  This planning methodology identifies critical assumptions underlying a business’s thinking and operations and then understands which of these assumptions may be vulnerable and the implications.  In times of great uncertainty such an approach is more accommodating of a wide variety of potential changes, and it helps produce more robust and resilient plans.

Assumption based planning is about the identification and testing of the assumptions made in a business plan, the construction of “what-if” scenario’s, and managing risk.