The Strategic Planning Cycle California State University, Chico Planning - Action - Assessment William Post Vice Provost for Information Resources and CIO California State University, Chico

Strategic Planning Cycle ACT SYNTHESIZE & EVALUATE MEASURE & OBSERVE Reflect, Refine, Rethink, Revise Strategic Goal Setting Implementation & Resource Allocation Progress/Strategic Indicators/Metrics COMMUNICATION PLAN

CSU, Chico Planning Process Campus Strategic Plan IT Strategic Plan Fiscal Alignment Planning Tools Actions Assessment Alignment from Broad Context To Delivered Value

Building the Vision Used existing campus technology committee Created focus groups to review vision Broad based Ad Hoc groups revised themes and strategies Involved Information Resources management and staff

Writing and Selling the Plan Small writing team to create one voice Ran drafts by CAD Distributed and explained the plan to administration and campus community

Planning Tools - Project Template

Planning Tools - Project Example

Planning tools - Project Priority Why a coordinated planning and priorities tool? Assure that our resources are aligned with the campus strategic priorities Assure adequate human and technical resources are available for success Allow prioritization of multiple projects Communication amongst technical and functional staff to eliminate duplication of effort Create a sharable list of functional and technical deliverables Assessment of each project on completion (did we deliver?)

Planning Tools - Project Priority

Fiscal Alignment - Successful Practices Develop a cross campus picture of technology costs Reduce silo approach to projects with enterprise implications Develop stable, predictable, and multi year funding sources with direct linkages to the overall institutional budget. Articulate the operational, tactical and strategic value of IT to the institution. Develop a “culture of evidence” to support IT investments

Fiscal Alignment - Total Cost

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