At its core, strategic planning involves a process of analysis.

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"We have an ongoing strategic process in place where we keep a running analysis of what users would be interested in each property, " said Rick Sokolov, Simon's president and chief operating officer.

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Strategic planning is a seemingly logical, linear, step-by-step process that focuses on analysis.

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