In particular, it was felt that the previous Business Plan had been drawn up by the IIW Board of Directors and not communicated effectively to the Working Units for implementation.  It was recommended that all IIW Administrative and Working Units should be involved in the future planning and implementation process.
A process of involvement of, and consultation with, all IIW Units in the development, finalisation and implementation of all appropriate plans has been followed.  The IIW Board of Directors delegated the IIW President and CEO with this responsibility.

Based on the IIW Mission, Goals, SWOT analysis, needs and benefits required by stakeholders the following approach has resulted:
·         The IIW Board of Directors has developed a Strategic Plan with five Goals. The achievement of these Goals has been delegated as follows ; one each, to the i) TMB; ii) IAB; iii) WG Regional Activities; iv) WG Communications and Marketing and v) Secretariat, respectively.
·         Each Goal in the Board of Director’s Strategic Plan, therefore, becomes the Goal for each of the Units mentioned above. Each of these Units has four Objectives to achieve to meet their respective Goal with each Objective having a number of strategies to achieve it. These are shown in a ‘Plan on a Page’ format..
·         The Technical Management Board (TMB) also has the Working Units (Commissions, Select Committees and Study Groups) reporting through to it.  Each Working Unit has the same Goal and four Key Objectives applying to it, as shown for the TMB, but may have different strategies to achieve each of these Objectives.
·         Each Study Group and Select Committee has its own unique Goal, Objectives and Strategies, but linked back to the TMB Strategic Plan.  If feasible, it may have been convenient to adopt the same Goal and Objectives as the TMB.
·         As a special case, Commission XIV “Education and Training” has had its Strategic Plan dovetailed in with that of the IAB. Commission XIV provides the link between all the other Working Units (Commissions, Study Groups and Select Committees) and the IAB.
·         Each IIW Unit has thus created a Strategic ”Plan on a Page” layout. This includes the Unit’s Goal, four Objectives to achieve that Goal and the strategies that are in place to achieve each Objective.
·         Based on the Unit’s Strategic ”Plan-on-a-Page”, an operational action plan has been drawn up to show how the Unit will achieve the Objectives.