The phrase "an operating plan" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to a detailed plan outlining the operations and activities of a business or project.
Example: "The management team presented an operating plan that outlined the goals and strategies for the upcoming fiscal year."
Alternatives: "a business plan" or "an operational strategy".
A CLOU (pronounced "clue") is, in essence, an operating plan for fulfilling one's mission.
The firm said it had agreed to produce an operating plan and restructuring proposal by the end of April.
It's at this point the business needs an operating plan, financial forecasts and other well-understood management tools.
These decision variables are sufficient to define an idealized geometric layout of the system and an operating plan.
The CLOU, which must be hammered out every year with colleagues, is an operating plan for fulfilling it.
Not less than 60 days before the date of the implementation of authorities authorized under this section, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation shall submit an operating plan describing the Director's intended use of the authorities under this section to the appropriate committees of Congress.
It's a good idea to have a great operating plan, but it's not a strategy.
The strategy shall be sufficient to serve as a foundation for a first operating plan for the company.
I hope nobody supposes it's called an "ethical operating plan" just because the Co-operative GrouPRs PR team liked the sound of the resulting acronym – "the Co-op's Eop".
The time is the fall of 1977 and Tatel's mission is to get the office back on track and, specifically, to prepare an annual operating plan for fiscal year 1978 for two federal district court judges who have found OCR in wholesale violation of its legal obligations.
Millennials are more prone than others to appreciate regular, ongoing feedback, not just an annual operating plan.
