The worst danger in developing a plan is not having it implemented; it's a waste. You must make sure a plan is properly distributed and accepted within its target management group. This is what we mean by publishing a plan. So you're about ready to print your plan. Please make sure to run it through a final critical edit. Then make sure to publish it so that commitments made by managers are clearly known and acknowledged. Also, make it clear that you will be tracking results, comparing your actual results to the planned results, and discussing the differences.
Don't forget the process of publishing within your own company. In this case, publishing means distributing the plan where all the managers can see it. People who make commitments as part of the plan need to see those commitments on record. They need to know that the plan will be tracked and that the difference between planned and actual results will be calculated and discussed.
