For many people business plans seem to be a thing of the past. Nowadays, is it worth more than the paper it is printed on? If it is stored in a filing cabinet and never used, that’s what its value is! On the other hand, if its implementation is driving the company’s business, then it has a lot more value. A business plan is just a snapshot of the business planning process at a certain moment in time. The process is the important part; the document records the results of the process.