Contingency planning is being prepared. It is actually that simple. The centurions will have to learn how to manage so that they can deal with whatever happens, and at the same time, anticipate what is coming. They will have to be in a permanent situation of awareness in order to tell the difference between fads and reality. In other side, the contingency planning is also can considered as kind of preparations to take specific actions when an event or condition not planned for in the formal planning process actually does not take place. It means that the contingency planning is anything that falls outside the conditions or goals of your strategic and operational plans should be considered a condition for contingency planning.
This business planning model goes one step further. Contingency planning is not outside your planning process. It is a critical component found inside the planning process to position your plan in case of deviation. The fundamental purpose of contingency planning is to place managers in a better position to deal with unexpected developments than if they had not made such preparations. Without this preparation managers are always in a reactive mode. For those planners who would tend to stop reading at this point, let me emphasize again and also remind you about the need to be prepared for the future. No one can predict the future but we can be prepared for it. The future is not always easy to predict and our record regarding where we will fight future wars is not the best.