To answer this question, let's  look at some visual explanations.

The method I am going to describe is called Accelerated Planning Technique™  or APT for short.

APT is a very visual method - so let's get into the pictures.

Target audience one - People with ideas

Here the target audience is a person or group of people who have an idea, goal and they want a solution.

The solution they want is to translate the raw or fuzzy idea, goal etc into a project plan, business plan or a practical step-by-step "how-to" action plan.