Most businesses would not adopt a new business strategy, such as opening up a new office or shop, without first doing some very careful planning. Planning helps to ensure that the precious time, money and energy invested in any new strategy are not wasted. Without good plans new ventures can easily go wrong, due to such things as poor timing, unreasonable expectations or even adopting the wrong approach in the first place.
Good planning maximises the benefits to a business of a new or expanded business venture and reduces the risk of things going wrong.
This section explains how to go about the planning process, what your e-business plan should contain, the opportunities and challenges, the various levels of e-business and how to assess which one suits your business. For example, is email all you will ever need or should you be considering selling your products or services online?
By working through these sections you will be ready to write the actual plan - a template plan is provided to download and use.
Before commencing your planning, you might like to contact one of the e-business advisors in your area listed under the who can help section and ask for some advice.
Planning 
