3 - Strategic planning

Question 1

Strategic Planning

Answer 1

• Strategic plans are ussually short term (typically five or fewer years)
• Helpful for organizational changes or to tackle a particular issue
• Cannot be used to effectively plan a city as a whole.

Question 2

There are eight elements to a strategic plan:

Answer 2

• Analyze the needs (of community or organization).
• Identify results (determine what long-term objectives the city or organization is going to pursue)
• Admit uncertainties (analyze the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats).
• Involve strategic stakeholders.
• Develop and evaluate alternatives.
• Identify the role of the city.
• Develop a funding policy.
• Evaluate performance.