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CONCEPT PAPER FOR CONSULTANCY TO DEVELOP A

STRATEGIC PLAN
5 Year Plan 2020-204

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Title Concept Paper For Developing a Strategic Plan

Project Development of Strategic Plan for five Years 2020-2024
Time frame 30 days
Deliverables  A Five (5) year strategic plan with its annexes including a results
and resources  framework;
 Report on the process including stakeholder consultations and
workshops/staff  meetings 

Introductory Note
Strategic planning is a process of looking into the future and identifying trends and issues against which
to align organizational priorities of the Department or Office. It means aligning a division, section, unit or
team to a higher-level strategy.
For many organizations, strategy is often about achieving a goal in the most effective and efficient
manner possible. For others strategy is about achieving a mission comparatively better than another
organization (i.e. competition).
For everyone, strategic planning is about understanding the challenges, trends and issues; understanding
who are the key beneficiaries or clients and what they need; and determining the most effective and
efficient way possible to achieve the mandate. A good strategy drives focus, accountability, and results
Below is the approach in implementing the assignment, based on steps which are summarized to
give the idea of activities for each step.

Building/Methodo Explanations Method & approach Estimated

logy Time
frame
External The first step in strategic Scan the environmental factors
Input planning is to gather the (political, economic, Social, Legal,
Step 1

Gathering information needed to Religious, Climate, Security, 5 days

understand and identify the
issues, challenges and trends
Internal The next step is to understand
Input the issues facing an entity that
Step 2
technology) through either research
and/or through consultation with a
A SWOT analysis summarizes the
perceptions of an internal constituency

Gathering may affect the strategy. Like: regarding the internal strengths of an 3 days
Capacity to deliver the office, its internal weaknesses, the
intended services external opportunities for potential
Setting Once the external and internal Important factors in setting the
Vision inputs are analyzed, vision :
Step 3

statement management sets the overall Time frame - specific date in the 5 days
direction and goal for the future by which the entity will achieve
office or team. the strategy
Creating The next step in developing a In creating Objectives - Develop key
Objectives & strategy is defining the relevant Questions & Answers which
Step 4

Strategy Map objectives or goals of a will set objectives in the following 7 days
programme or service. categories:
Objectives are defined within Clients
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Determine Performance measures play a Develop a set of two-to-four

Step 5 Strategic vital role within a strategic measures for each objective that
performance plan in determining how well provide a view toward how well the 3 days
measures the organization is progressing objective is being achieved.
toward achievement of each
Setting These are activities/projects Set each objectives with activities to
Initiatives that contribute to delivering a achieve
Step 6

strategy; they do support 3 days

objectives
Identifying Risk management can be Application of risk management
Strategic defined as the identification approach:
Step 7

Risks and mitigation of risks, which Identification 3 days

would hamper the execution of Prioritization
a strategy. Mitigation
Managing To gain the value from Creation of strategy meeting review
the strategy strategic planning the leaders approach;
Step 8

must ensure that the strategy is Set up frequency of review meetings 1 day
effectively used as a Determine the structure of meetings
management tool. Preparation of the needed reports

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