 As a living document, it serves as a built-in mechanism to forge dialogue and discussion among the internal and external stakeholders of the organization.Interactive planning seeks to “facilitate exchange of knowledge between stakeholders, consensus building among them, and group-learning processes.”

This collaborative approach in planning investigates at problems as interrelated realities and hence problems are viewed not as mutually exclusive.Considering the strong Systems Thinking influence in interactive planning, problems are viewed in their totality and in the context of their specific details in relation to the social environment where they are situated.