An Overview of Strategic Planning or VMOSA What

An Overview of Strategic Planning or "VMOSA"

What is VMOSA? • • • Vision Mission Objectives Strategies Action Plans

What is VMOSA? • A practical strategic planning tool • A blueprint for moving from dreams to actions to outcomes • An ongoing process

Why use VMOSA? • To give your organization structure and direction • To help build consensus about what to do and how to do it • To focus your organization's efforts

When to use VMOSA • • New organization New initiative or large project New phase of ongoing effort Breathe life into an older initiative

Vision Statements: The dream • Examples: – "Healthy adolescents" – "Healthy babies" – "Caring parents" – "A community of hope" – "Safe sex" – "Teen power" – "Caring relationships"

Mission: The what and why Examples: – To build a healthy community through a comprehensive initiative to promote jobs, education, and housing – To promote adolescent health and development through school and community support and prevention

Objectives: The how much of what will be accomplished by when Examples: • By 2005, increase by 40% the number of adults who report caring activities with a child not their own. • By 2015, decrease by 25% the number of reported cases of child abuse and neglect.

Strategies: The how • Examples: – Enhance experience and competence – Remove barriers – Increase support and resources – Make outcomes matter

Action Plans: The specifics of who will do what, by when, at what costs • These consist of: – Action steps (what will be done) – People responsible (by whom) – Date completed (by when) – Resources required (costs) – Collaborators (who should know)