Every goal must be complemented by a detailed action plan. A good action plan provides the framework for achieving the goal. The action plan helps map out the necessary tasks with a detailed schedule of key milestones and a list of key people for those milestones.
Great Action Plans:
- Determine what you will need to hit the goal.
- Provide a timetable for activities.
- Identify people with whom you will need to coordinate and will rely on to contribute.
- Anticipate problems and outline contingency plans.
Implementing Action Plans:
Follow this step-by step process to ensure you have a comprehensive action plan:
- Clarify your goal.
- Ensure it is specific, measurable, attainable, relevant and timely.
- Build a list of tasks
- Write down all action steps that you may need to achieve the goal.
- Organize your list into a plan.
- Decide on the order of action steps.
- Rearrange your actions and ideas into a sequential order.
- Review this list and see if there are any ways to simplify it further.
Follow Up on Action Plans:
- Monitor the execution of your plan.
- Constantly evaluate the progress of your plan.
- Manage the key people and be mindful of deadlines.
- Adjust and optimize your plan if necessary.
- Measure your success.
- Has your action plan achieved the outcomes of your goal?
(adapted from SigEp.org)
DIRECTIONS
- Reflect on how you would like to improve your implementation of the Great Expectations Methodology.
- Using only 6 words, summarize your plan for improving your implementation of the Great Expectations methodology.
- Use the text response at the bottom of the screen to write your 6 Word Plan.