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What is the first step in the strategic planning process? - Correct Answer-The demand
organization develops a strategic plan.
What is an example of an important but NOT urgent activity? - Correct Answer-Asking
customers about their business problems.
What additional information would be useful in aligning the FM organization's strategy with the
demand organization's objectives based on this balanced scorecard? - Correct Answer-
Additional information that might be useful includes the organization's mission, vision, values
and culture; the organization's strategic business plan and the facilities register and/or audits.
Evaluate the four perspectives in the example balanced scorecard. What objectives could be
created by FM to support each category? - Correct Answer-Objectives could be something like
this:
Customer perspective:
a) Create customer profiles; Provide service excellence; Be a trusted partner
b) Operational perspective: Establish performance metrics; Reduce overall cycle times; Provide
rapid response time
c) People perspective: Hire key technical talent; Increase employee productivity
d) Financial perspective: Broaden revenue mix; Improve operational efficiency
Physical Examination and Health Assessment
, How can success measures be aligned in this example? - Correct Answer-By creating
measurements that feed into the four perspectives and ensuring the success criteria is specific,
measurable and agreed upon by the stakeholders.
Once FM has determined goals that support the demand organization strategy, how does FM
ensure alignment with the demand organization? - Correct Answer-FM ensures alignment with
the demand organization by showing the facility strategic plan supports the demand
organization's goals and that the objectives are appropriate.
What are the consequences of misalignment with the demand organization strategy? - Correct
Answer-Consequences might be the lack of senior management support, and unmet needs in
customer segments.
What are the benefits of aligning with the demand organization strategy? - Correct Answer-The
benefits are the unity of purpose and a sense of teamwork and enhanced organizational
performance.
What is the first step in the process of aligning the FM strategy to the demand organization's
strategy after assembling various inputs and producing FM mission and vision statements? -
Correct Answer-Define what constitutes success in the FM strategic planning process.
What is true of a demand organization's mission, vision, values and/or culture? - Correct
Answer-Understanding and accepting the demand organization's mission helps guide individual
behavior.
Which type of plan creates a gap analysis for an entire portfolio of facilities? - Correct Answer-
Facility strategic plan
What can be used to rank competing strategic options because each can be rated on how well
it reduces the variance between the actual situation and the desired situation? - Correct
Answer-Gap Analysis
What are some examples of some external factors that could affect your FM strategy in your
organization? - Correct Answer-Industry, market, and competitive environment
Cultural and demographic environment
Social, legal, and political environment
Changes in regulations
Economic environment
Technological environment
Which tools help monitor potential threats from outside the FM organization? - Correct Answer-
SWOT and Risk Analysis
What is true of proposed changes to FM organizational strategy? - Correct Answer-
Physical Examination and Health Assessment