Most small business owners are too busy to write or even fill out a formal business plan document. It’s not like you can hand off the work to someone else. If you take the time to build a business plan, a week later the business situation is often changed. There isn't time to re-write a document that’s just collecting dust on a shelf in the owner’s home office.What YOU, small business owner, needs is a living document that everybody involved in the business should be able to see at any time. It needs to be a visual reference, a MAP if you will. This planning system needs to be easy to understand and fluid as the business situation changes.