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Operating plan

Also called: annual operating plan, AOP

ELI5

A practical plan for running the organisation over a period.

Used in conversation

“The operating plan must connect budget, headcount and milestones.”

Definition

A plan translating strategy into actions, resources, owners, timing and measures for a defined period.

Here “Operating plan” means: A plan translating strategy into actions, resources, owners, timing and measures for a defined period.

Pitch context

You will see “Operating plan” in business pitches, proposals, executive summaries and decision decks when the discussion reaches supporting documents & leave-behinds.

Why it matters: It helps a reader interpret supporting documents & leave-behinds without confusing the measure, decision, role or evidence being discussed.

Connected terms

  • Annual operating planThe search label “Annual operating plan” can route to both entries.
  • PlanThe search label “Operating plan” can route to both entries.
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Sources & evidence · 3

Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.