Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Five year plan - draft 4.

On 28 May 2012 11:49, Jon Davies <jon.davies(a)wikimedia.org.uk> wrote: before Thank you for posting this. In particular, thank you for posting it in a format that is much easier for us to discuss and edit. not I'm a little confused by when you plan to add the targets and metrics. On that page you say "at the level below", what does that mean? Do you mean you'll only add targets when creating an annual plan based on the 5 year plan? If so, I disagree with that approach. There is little point having a plan if you can't tell whether or not you are achieving it. It seems very confusing to have the planning cycle not match the financial cycle. Shouldn't the plan start at the beginning of the next financial year, ie. 1 February 2013? I disagree with that definition. Wiktionary defines strategy as: "1.The science and art of military command as applied to the overall planning and conduct of warfare 2.A plan of action intended to accomplish a specific goal 3.The art of using similar techniques in politics or business" (http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/strategy) The second definition sounds like exactly what we're trying to do here. We're specifying goals and (broadly) how we're going to achieve them. _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediauk-l(a)wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org