The Argenti System Questionnaire

How was it for you?

How did you get on last time you prepared a strategic plan? Click any button where your answer is ‘yes’ and, from your score, we will tell you whether you should switch to The Argenti System next time you plan.

	Question	A	B	C
Q1.	A. Did your organization perform very much better than its peers over the past few years? B. Or about average? C. Or significantly worse?
Q2.	A. Did your CEO prepare your last plan on his own? B. Or did a firm of consultants do the plan for you? C. Or did the CEO do it with his/her close colleagues?
Q3.	A. Did your plan start with a Mission Statement? B. Or a Vision Statement? C. Or a Purpose Statement?
Q4.	A. Did you then set a corporate performance target for a period of several years? B. Did you set a target for turnover? C. Did you also then set targets for your subsidiaries or departments?
Q5.	A. Did you also prepare a forecast of performance based on your then current strategies? B. Did you compare your forecast with your target? C. Did you take account of the errors in your forecast?
Q6.	A. Did you do a SWOT analysis? B. Assuming you did a SWOT, did you list more than 50 SWOTs? C. Did you list your competitive disadvantages or only the advantages?
Q7.	A. How many people took part in deciding the SWOTs; fewer than 5? B. More than 5 but not as many as 10? C. Everyone in the top 3 levels of management?
Q8.	A. Did you finally select some strategies? B. Was there wide enthusiasm over this selection? C. Were they all successfully put into action?