Strategic Planning

STRATEGIC PLANNING IS A SKILL

Good strategic planning gets people excited about their organization. Finding out what people think and need, researching great ideas from staff and communities can be an exhilarating experience... if you know what you are doing. 

So how does your organization do strategic planning? Take a look at some common planning mistakes and see if they ring any bells.

WE MAKE YOUR PLANS USEFUL

Development Action thinks good strategic plans are:

• easy to read, accessible by staff and boards alike

• useful documents that help managers

• well informed with "unknowns" clearly highlighted

• REALISTIC, and attuned to the purpose and strengths of an organization

• well written with proper structure that links directly to yearly operational plans and monitoring and evaluation plans

Does your strategic plan tick all the boxes? Do a quick health test of your strategic plan and see what you think.

WHEREVER YOU ARE IN YOUR PLANNING, WE CAN HELP

Development Action can help in a variety of ways:

• helping identify the "unknowns" that hinder planning and designing solutions, such as surveys, focus groups or training

• facilitating planning sessions with boards and focus groups

• undertaking community research to fill in knowledge gaps and analysing the results

• talking objectively to donors, communities and customers

• guiding the drafting of a plan so that it is useful

• assessing existing plans to help overcome deadlocks

Contact Development Action to get great insight into your planning.