<s>
Strategic	B-Application
planning	I-Application
software	I-Application
is	O
a	O
category	O
of	O
software	O
that	O
covers	O
a	O
wide	O
range	O
of	O
strategic	O
topics	O
,	O
methodologies	O
,	O
modeling	O
and	O
reporting	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Execution	O
oriented	O
software	O
that	O
is	O
focused	O
more	O
upon	O
cascading	O
the	O
implementation	O
of	O
strategic	O
plans	O
and	O
is	O
often	O
similar	O
in	O
functionality	O
to	O
project	O
portfolio	O
management	O
,	O
agile	O
and	O
project	B-Application
management	I-Application
software	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Large	O
business	O
oriented	O
strategic	B-Application
planning	I-Application
software	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
recent	O
years	O
,	O
reporting	O
software	O
has	O
gained	O
the	O
label	O
,	O
business	B-General_Concept
intelligence	I-General_Concept
or	O
BI	B-General_Concept
software	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Scenario	O
planning	B-Application
software	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
may	O
seem	O
strange	O
to	O
include	O
computer	O
simulation	O
and	O
war-games	O
as	O
strategic	B-Application
planning	I-Application
software	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Simulations	O
and	O
wargames	O
became	O
a	O
way	O
of	O
sharing	O
knowledge	O
about	O
markets	O
and	O
provide	O
a	O
cognitive	O
frame	O
for	O
decision	B-Application
making	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
initial	O
concept	O
behind	O
strategic	B-Application
planning	I-Application
software	I-Application
was	O
the	O
product	O
of	O
two	O
different	O
trends	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
But	O
it	O
's	O
worth	O
remembering	O
that	O
even	O
in	O
1987	O
,	O
selling	O
strategic	B-Application
planning	I-Application
software	I-Application
often	O
required	O
selling	O
a	O
manager	O
a	O
computer	O
and	O
training	O
them	O
how	O
to	O
use	O
productivity	O
software	O
(	O
i.e.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
result	O
,	O
strategic	B-Application
planning	I-Application
software	I-Application
was	O
relatively	O
simple	O
to	O
create	O
via	O
word	O
processing	O
templates	O
,	O
graphical	O
outputs	O
and	O
budgeting	O
models	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
this	O
approach	O
the	O
vision	O
was	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
computer	B-Application
application	I-Application
that	O
aids	O
in	O
a	O
strategic	O
planning	O
process	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Traditionally	O
,	O
strategic	O
planning	O
was	O
done	O
3	O
–	O
6	O
months	O
prior	O
to	O
the	O
beginning	O
of	O
the	O
budget	O
year	O
,	O
which	O
ensured	O
that	O
decision	B-Application
making	I-Application
lagged	O
market	O
trends	O
.	O
</s>
