Quarterly Game Plan Meta-Skill
Transform the annual business plan into focused 90-day execution sprints. Based on Jan B. King's principle that annual plans fail without quarterly translation into concrete action.
When to Use
Invoke to generate the current quarter's game plan. Can be re-invoked each quarter to create the next sprint. Works best with sections 08, 10, and 13 as input.
What to Generate
1. Quarterly Objective
One clear objective for the quarter — the single most important outcome:
Q[X] 20XX Objective: [Clear, measurable statement]
Success metric: [How we know we achieved it]
Why this matters now: [Connection to annual plan]
2. Monthly Breakdown
Month 1: Foundation
- Key deliverables
- Resources needed
- Decision points
Month 2: Execution
- Key deliverables
- Milestones to hit
- Dependencies to resolve
Month 3: Completion & Review
- Key deliverables
- Quality checks
- Preparation for next quarter
3. Weekly Action Plan
| Week | Key Actions | Owner | Deliverable | Done? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [Actions] | [Who] | [Output] | [ ] |
| 2 | [Actions] | [Who] | [Output] | [ ] |
| ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 12 | [Actions] | [Who] | [Output] | [ ] |
4. Accountability Matrix
| Team Member | Quarterly Goal | Monthly Targets | Weekly Check-in Day |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Name] | [Their Q goal] | [M1/M2/M3 targets] | [Day] |
5. Resource Allocation
Budget for quarter: $X (from annual allocation)
Team capacity: X person-hours available
Key tools/resources needed: [List]
External dependencies: [List with expected delivery dates]
6. Quarter-End Review Template
QUARTER [X] REVIEW
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Objective: [What we aimed for]
Result: [What we achieved]
Score: [1-10]
What worked:
1. [Success and why]
2. [Success and why]
What didn't work:
1. [Miss and why]
2. [Miss and why]
Key learnings:
1. [Insight]
2. [Insight]
Carry-forward items:
1. [Incomplete item → next quarter]
Next quarter preview:
- Objective: [Draft Q+1 objective]
- Key shift: [What changes based on learnings]
The King Method: Core Principles
- One objective per quarter — Focus beats breadth
- Weekly accountability — If it is not in the weekly plan, it does not happen
- Owner for everything — No action item without a name attached
- Monthly checkpoints — Course-correct before it is too late
- Honest reviews — What did not work matters more than what did
Generation Process
- Ask for: which quarter, annual plan priorities, team capacity, budget
- Define the single quarterly objective
- Break into monthly deliverables
- Decompose into weekly action items
- Assign ownership for every item
- Allocate resources and budget
- Create quarter-end review template
Quality Criteria
- Quarterly objective is singular and measurable
- Weekly actions are specific enough to execute (not "work on marketing")
- Every action has an owner — no shared ownership
- Resource requirements are realistic for team capacity
- Review template is honest — captures failures, not just successes