PUBLIC SECTOR STRATEGIC PLANNING

  • Planning public sector programs

  • Prioritizing the best way to get to outcomes

  • Integrating strategic planning with other organizational functions

Good strategic planning is fundamental to a modern, effective public sector. However, strategic planning methods are often introduced from the private sector without considering the different requirements of the public sector. The focus of this workshop will be on helping participants develop a practical strategic planning approach that they can immediately apply and which will work in any part of the public sector. The workshop will take participants beyond just producing a normal ‘text and table’ strategic plan (although it will be shown how such a plan can be produced) to a new way of working. In this innovative approach, a visual ‘outcomes model strategic plan’ is used as the basis for strategic planning. Work done on building this model within the strategic planning process can then be reused within a range of different organizational functions (e.g. performance measurement, outcomes-focused contracting etc.).

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

All public sector managers – including those from Central government, Local Government and Public Corporation Managers – who have to either undertake or use strategic plans in the public sector.

WORKSHOP OBJECTIVE

The objective of the workshop is to empower participants to undertake better strategic planning. It will do this by providing them with the knowledge and skills necessary to do strategic planning which is robust enough to deal with the complexity of strategic planning within the modern rapidly changing public sector.

FREE SOFTWARE INCLUDED

A free permanent license to DoView outcomes software will be provide to each workshop participant and be used to illustrate points about strategic planning throughout the workshop.

View outcomes software will be provided to each workshop participant.

TOPICS COVERED

  • What is strategic planning?
  • Strategic planning tools: Scenario Planning; SWOT Analysis; Stakeholder Positioning analysis
  • How is strategic planning in the public sector different?
  • Basing your strategic plan around a visual outcomes model
  • How best to communicate your strategic decision-making to stakeholders
  • Integrating and aligning strategic planning with other organizational functions (e.g. monitoring and evaluation, outcomes-focused contracting).

Examples and case studies drawn from a range of different public sector organizations and programs will be used in the workshop. The course will be based around a new approach to public sector strategic planning which uses a strategic plan based on a visual outcomes model (Systematic Outcomes Management / Easy Outcomes). This approach lets you identify all of the elements you traditionally do in strategic planning (e.g. vision, mission, strategies and priorities). However, it also lets you integrate and align your public sector strategic planning work with other organizational functions (e.g. performance management, evaluation, outcomes-focused contracting etc).

MEET THE PUBLIC SECTOR STRATEGIC PLANNING EXPERT

Dr Paul Duignan is an outcomes, strategic planning and evaluation expert with extensive experience in the public sector. His PhD focused on a sector-wide framework for identifying and evaluating outcomes. He has been involved in hands-on strategic planning, outcomes and evaluation work in most public sector areas including: welfare, children and young people, health, defense, arts and culture, employment, transport, conservation, environment, disabilities, mental health, community development, broadcasting, housing, agriculture and forestry, social policy, business development, women’s affairs, research science and technology, police, justice, corrections, local government, food safety, and customs.

He has extensive experience in identifying outcomes in public sector strategic planning processes and using these for reporting and communication with top-level public sector decision-makers. In addition to involvement in actual public sector strategic planning and outcomes work with individual government departments, he has been involved at the national level in public sector strategic planning and outcomes management issues. For instance, he was asked by the New Zealand Treasury to undertake a technical review of all of the official strategic planning documents of all New Zealand government departments.

He has advised international organizations such as the International Monetary Fund and the Asian Development Bank on outcomes and evaluation issues. He has won international awards for his work in evaluation and was the NZ Fulbright Senior Scholar in 2005, based at the Urban Institute in Washington, D.C. Dr Duignan writes, presents and runs workshops nationally and internationally. He has developed an innovative approach to public sector strategic planning and outcomes work using a strategic plan based on a visual outcomes model (the Systematic Outcomes Management / Easy Outcomes approach). He is also involved in developing software and other practical tools to help in public sector strategic planning (e.g. DoView outcomes software). He is an experienced, skilled and entertaining workshop presenter.


PRICING

Fees: USD 2500/- per delegate

Early Bird Discounts:

Register for USD 2400/- on or before November 13, 2010 and get USD 100 OFF!

Register for USD 2300/- on or before October 13, 2010 and get USD 200 OFF!

Team Discounts*

Team Discounts are available for groups from the same Organization. Contact us for more information.

* Team Discounts can not be used in conjunction with Early Bird or similar forms of discounts.

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Important Note: While every reasonable effort will be made to adhere to the advertised package, TCQ TRIANGLE reserve the right to change event dates, sites, location or omit event features or alternate offers shall be made.

VENUE

Venue: Radisson Blu Hotel, Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Location: Golf Plaza, Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Tel: +971 2 6562000 Fax: +971 2 6562001

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December 13-15, 2010
Radisson Blu Hotel
Abu Dhabi Yas Island, UAE

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WORKSHOP OUTLINE

DAY 1

08:30 AM-10:00 AM – Session 1

WHAT IS STRATEGIC PLANNING?

  • What is strategic planning?
  • ‘Strategic thinking’ not just routine ‘strategic planning’
  • How is strategic planning in the public sector different?
  • Working back from outcomes to the strategies you will use to achieve them
  • Use of visual outcomes models as the basis for public sector strategic planning.

10:00 AM – 10:15 AM – Break

10:15 AM – 12:00 Noon – Session 2

GROUP EXERCISE 1: Building an outcomes model for strategic planning

Small group, individual and large group work on building an outcomes model for strategic planning and using it to identify vision, mission and strategies.

12:00 Noon – 12:30 PM – Break

12:30 – 2:30 PM – Session 3

SPECIFIC TOOLS FOR STRATEGIC PLANNING

Specific tools for deepening strategic understanding when building an outcomes model strategic plan: 

  • Scenario Planning
  • Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT) Analysis
  • Stakeholder Positioning Analysis.


DAY 2

08:30 AM – 10:00 AM – Session 1
IDENTIFYING PRIORITIES FOR INTERVENTION
Identifying priorities for intervention within your outcomes model strategic plan:

  • Identifying the steps within the model, which are unlikely to be achieved without intervention (to ensure the public sector is only intervening where necessary)
  • Determining the priority for intervention with such steps
  • Mapping multiple projects onto an outcomes model strategic plan

10:00 AM – 10:15 AM – Break
10:15 AM – 12:00 Noon – Session 2
GROUP EXERCISE 1: Identifying priorities for intervention
Small group, individual and large group work on identifying priorities for intervention within the outcomes model strategic plan.

12:00 Noon – 12:30 PM – Break

12:30 Noon – 2:30 PM – Session 3

ALLOCATING RESOURCES TO PRIORTY INTERVENTIONS
Identifying the resource requirements needed to do the mix of identified interventions (projects):

  • Allocating people to projects
  • Allocating funding to projects
  • Interface with business planning


DAY 3

8:30 AM – 10:00 AM – Session 1

LINKING STRATEGIC PLANNING TO OTHER ORGANIZATIONAL ACTIVITY

  • Brief overview of mapping previous research and evaluation for evidence-based practice; doing indicator development; identifying evaluation questions; doing economic evaluation; and reporting on monitoring and evaluation against the outcomes model strategic plan.
  • Identifying what you need to start measuring in the strategic planning phase for ongoing monitoring and evaluation
  • Using the outcomes model strategic plan for outcomes-focused contracting.

10:00 AM – 10:15 AM – Break

10:15 AM – 12:00 Noon – Session 2

COMMUNICATING YOUR STRATEGIC PLAN TO DECISION-MAKERS, STAKEHOLDERS AND COLLABORATING ORGANIZATIONS

  • Getting busy high-level public sector decision-makers to have real involvement in strategic planning decision-making
  • Interfacing your strategic planning process with your legislative reporting requirements and systems.

 

12:00 Noon – 12:30 PM – Break

12:30 Noon – 2:30 PM – Session 3

PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER

  • Small group and larger group work looking at examples from the group and developing strategic plans based on a visual outcomes model.
  • Discussion of points arising during the workshop and conclusion.