Foudations and Planning for Goal

这一章是想提出公司运转的框架，作者称之为planning and accountability framework：

I firmly believe that every company’s mission should be part of what I call its founding documents, which are, in turn, part of a larger planning and accountability framework within which the company exists. That framework consists of founding documents, an operating system, and an operating cadence. Think of them like the foundations, structural support beams, and mechanical components of a house.

对于Founding documents：

Founding documents detail the plans for the entire enterprise, including the company’s long-term goals and principles and your company philosophy: why and how you exist and operate. You should create your founding documents relatively early on, once you’ve established some traction. They become an even more important touchstone when a company grows beyond about 40 or 50 people. Once you’ve communicated your company’s reason for being in your founding documents, you can turn your attention to building and implementing your initial company-wide operating systems.

进一步分解，它又包括三部分：

Founding documents should include a mission, long-term goals, principles (often called values), and team charters.