Аннотация:This article provides a rationale for the basics of establishing a business planning system. The author
proves that the national system of drawing up business plans is substantially behind the experience of developed
countries, which is something to take on board. The author brings to light the essence of the term “quality of
business planning” and points up such of its components as the quality of the process of drawing up and
implementing a business plan and the quality of the business project itself. The article presents the major dimensions
to the analysis of the quality of business planning. It examines the key elements of a business planning system in the
theoretical, methodological, and technological aspects. The assessment of specific elements makes it possible to
come up with an integral characterization of the quality level of an enterprise’s business plan. The author establishes
a rationale for the need to assess the quality of an enterprise’s business plan as well as the need for proper selection
of methods and criteria for this assessment. Ensuring a comprehensive approach guarantees the high quality of
business planning. An important factor in the effective development of a business planning system is information
support for it. In advocating an enterprise’s right to streamlining its management system, the author does not find it
expedient to precipitously change methodologies applied, indicators used, and tasks in hand. Such tactics can result
in substantial financial losses.