Innovation planning involves activities that are done to identify business mission, long-term objectives, opportunities and threats of the organization, determining alternative strategies and finally choosing the strategies that have to be adopted in order to achieve the company’s objectives (David, 1999). Before a company can begin the innovation planning process, common aspects of the process needs to be acknowledged. The company needs to recognize a few fundamentals that coincide with the planning of internal innovation: 1. The company must acknowledge the goals are for the purpose of leading and outperforming the market competition. Innovation is used to support and accompany the company’s overall strategic plans. 2. The internal innovation process must include many individuals who possess different capabilities. 3. Resources provide the means necessary for the innovation process to take place. It is important for a company to manage the resources in order for the company to acknowledge the capacity of innovation that can be handled. Once the dimensions have been recognized by management, a few steps will need to be followed in the planning process. Five specific activities are part of the innovation planning: setting vision, mission, goals and