In order to identify ambition and growth opportunities, the company, together with the client manager, will map the current state of the company.

The purpose of mapping is to get an overview of the strategic change the company wants to make and the outcome it wants to achieve. The company’s key activities, processes and resources are assessed. The bottlenecks that the development programme is recommended to address are identified.

At the end of the mapping process, the entrepreneur, with the help of the client manager, prepares a written memo that gives an overview of the current situation of the company and the planned activities of the development plan.
The company also prepares a preliminary economic forecast to describe the growth ambition.

At the end of the stage, a joint decision is taken on whether the company is ready to move on to the stage of preparing a development plan or whether it is more appropriate for it to undergo a consultancy service or other support measure beforehand.

During the preparation stage, the company draws up a comprehensive action plan necessary to make the desired changes that must include:

• the strategic measurable objective of the change
• descriptions of individual activities with expected outcomes
• the budget and sources of funding of the activities
• the duration, time limits and responsible persons for the implementation of the activities
• relationships of individual activities with other development plan activities and objectives

During the preparation of the development plan, the company has access to necessary support services and advice. The client manager helps the company to find time-appropriate solutions for auditing bottlenecks or development opportunities in its primary activity. The development plan can consist of several successive phases.
By the end of this stage, the company will have created a long-term strategic development plan, approved by the client manager, under which an application for support can be made.

The development plan, approved (signed) by the client manager, is the basis for applying for support to implement the development plan.
The company will implement the development plan in phases. Each phase of the development plan has separate objectives and results. Before the start of a new phase, the success of the previous phase is assessed and, if necessary, the development plan is adjusted. The client manager monitors the implementation of the development plan, brokers additional services or contacts for the company if necessary, and advises on changes to the development plan.

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An evaluation of the financial results achieved with the support of the programme will be carried out during the evaluation phase of the results.

The economic performance will be evaluated two years after the completion of the activities of the company’s development plan. As the company’s development plan is the company’s individual development activity plan, the company’s sales revenue and value-added growth is estimated, compared to the increase in sales revenue and added value of the companies in the same sector. The growth targets are calculated on the basis of the annual compound growth rate.

In calculating the results, the financial year preceding the development plan is used as the reference year. The calculation of the company’s added value and sales revenue growth begins in the third year of the development plan and ends two years after the development plan activities have ended.