Learn in the textbookComponents of a Systemization Plan
DefinitionThe planning process (企画プロセス) takes the business strategy as its starting point, envisions what system to build and why, and turns that into an actionable systemization plan (システム化計画).
ExplanationIn Common Frame 2013 (共通フレーム 2013), the planning process splits into drafting the systemization concept (システム化構想の立案) and drafting the systemization plan (システム化計画の立案): the concept settles the management issues and the direction of a solution, and the plan turns that into concrete steps and figures. The systemization plan exists to gather what is needed to decide whether to invest, and to let everyone involved work from the same plan. The next stage, requirements definition (要件定義), sets the conditions the business and the system must meet and gets stakeholders to agree on them.
AnalogyIt is like the stage before building a house, when you sort out how you want to live and settle the budget and the move-in date.
Memory hookThe character 企 in 企画 is said to come from the figure of a person on tiptoe gazing into the distance. Link that image to a stage that looks ahead and plans.