---
title: Create a strategic plan
description: Create and manage strategic plans to define your organization's purpose, strategic priorities, and associated goals.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/it-business-management/strategic-planning/create-strategic-plan-strategy.html
release: australia
product: Strategic Planning
classification: strategic-planning
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-03-12"
reading_time_minutes: 1
breadcrumb: [Manage enterprise goals, Strategy and Goals, Strategic Planning, Strategic Portfolio Management]
---

# Create a strategic plan

Create and manage strategic plans to define your organization's purpose, strategic priorities, and associated goals.

## Before you begin

Role required: sn\_apw\_advanced.spw\_goal\_user

## About this task

You can create strategic plans only on boards that were created with the **Strategy** tracking option selected.

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **Workspaces** > **Strategic Planning Workspace** > **Strategy and Goals**.

2.  On the Strategy and Goals page, select the strategy-based board for which you want to create a strategic plan.

    The Strategy page opens.

3.  Select **New strategic plan**.

4.  On the form, fill in the **Name**, **Sponsor**, **Start date**, and **End date**, and other required fields.

    For a description of the field values, see [Strategic Plan form](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-business-management/strategic-planning/strategic-plan-form-strategy.md).

5.  Select **Submit**.


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