Improvement with Limitations 87 – 97% Acceptable 70 – 75% 76 -86 98 – 100% Executive The company’s The attempt to The company’s The company’s Summary (10% ) goal and the include company’s goal and the goal and the proposed course of goal and the proposed proposed course actions are not proposed course course of of actions are clearly stated. of actions are actions are clearly stated and The key problem noticeable. clearly stated. strongly coherent. stated is vague and However, there The key The key problem generalized. may be some problem stated stated is relevant missing pertinent is clear and and applicable. parts or vaguely specific. discussed. There may be problems on coherence. Situation Analysis The company The attempt to The company The company (10% ) overview, which include company overview, overview, which outlines the overview, which which outlines outlines the company’s outlines the the company’s company’s strategic goals, its company’s strategic goals, strategic goals, its core competencies, strategic goals, its its core core and strategic core competencies, competencies, assets, and its competencies, and strategic and strategic portfolio of and strategic assets, and its assets, and its offerings is not assets, and its portfolio of portfolio of clearly stated. portfolio of offerings is offerings is clearly There is no offerings is stated. stated and identification of noticeable. The strongly coherent. markets in which it However, there identification of The identification will compete. may be some markets in of markets which missing pertinent which it will it will compete is parts or vaguely compete is concrete and discussed. There specifically and realistic. may be problems clearly stated. on coherence. The identification of markets in which it will compete is not clearly discussed.
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Marketing goal/objective is include the goal/objective goal/objective is Goals/Objectives not clearly stated company is stated and clearly stated and (10% ) or missing; and or goal/objective is complete; the strongly coherent; cannot be noticeable. measure used is the measure used measured. However, there logical and is significantly might be practical. logical, problems on reasonable and coherence. The realistic. measure use may not be logical/practical. Marketing The target market The target market The target The target market strategies (20%) and value and value market and and value proposition were proposition are value proposition were not clearly defined both present proposition clearly defined or missing. though vaguely were defined and strongly discussed. and complete. coherent. Action Plan (20%) The offering tactics The attempt to The offering The offering which define the include the tactics which tactics which product, service, offering tactics define the define the brand, price, which define the product, product, service, incentives, product, service, service, brand, brand, price, communication, brand, price, price, incentives, and distribution incentives, incentives, communication, aspects are not communication, communication, and distribution clear or there is a and distribution and distribution aspects were missing item/s. aspects is aspects were clearly defined, noticeable. defined and complete and However, there complete. strongly coherent. might be problems on coherence. Implementation & The execution plan The execution The execution The execution Result Tracking and action is not plan and action is plan and action plan and action is Guidelines (15%) define therefore, vaguely define is define clearly stated and tracking of results therefore, therefore, strongly coherent cannot be done. tracking of results tracking of therefore, will be more results will be tracking of results difficult. easy. will be a lot easier. Contingency Plans There are no clear The attempt to There are clear The guidelines are (15% ) guidelines as to provide guidelines guidelines as to well-defined, easy what to do if the as to what to do if what to do if to follow and implementation of the the strongly coherent the tactics became implementation implementation as to what to do if problematic or of the tactics of the tactics the have face some became became implementation difficulties. problematic or problematic or of the tactics have face some have face some became difficulties is difficulties. problematic or noticeable. have face some However, there difficulties. might be problems on coherence.