The ultimate objective of permanent plots and growth models is to provide management advice. Foresters are often too preoccupied with getting the data and building a model to think too much about providing practical management advice, but it is an important issue that should not be neglected, or postponed until the model is finished, because it should have an influence on model design and implementation. There are 8 steps that are critical to turning tree measurements into management advice: (1) Tree measurements, (2) Data management, (3) Data analysis, (4) Model construction, (5) Model testing, (6) Building a system, (7) Making predictions, and (8) Management advice. Each of these steps is equally important in providing an objective basis for management advice, and those involved in any of these steps should bear in mind the ultimate objective, and the links between these steps
