The latest version of our five year plan is now available for comment before being taken to the Board on July 1st.
Please remember that this is a plan that will change annually and will not be set in stone.
It is broad brush - looking for where we are going but not the exact details.
Targets and metrics will be attached when the detail is teased out.
Year one relates to the period from which it is adopted - hopefully July 1st.
It tries to find a balance of realism and optimism.
It is not a strategic plan - strategy is what you do in response to circumstances.
It is not two tablets of stone either. This is the work of approaching twenty people all looking for consensus not the word from on high.
I look forward to your comments.
Here is the page: http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Version_Four_Five_Year_Plan#Reporting_and_Accou...
Here is the discussion page for comments and http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Version_Four_Five_Year_Plan
On 28 May 2012 11:49, Jon Davies jon.davies@wikimedia.org.uk wrote:
The latest version of our five year plan is now available for comment before being taken to the Board on July 1st.
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.
Please remember that this is a plan that will change annually and will not be set in stone.
It is broad brush - looking for where we are going but not the exact details.
Targets and metrics will be attached when the detail is teased out.
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.
Year one relates to the period from which it is adopted - hopefully July 1st.
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?
It tries to find a balance of realism and optimism.
It is not a strategic plan - strategy is what you do in response to circumstances.
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.
Thanks Tom - ferociously busy today so will ponder on your thoughts.
On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 12:14 PM, Thomas Dalton thomas.dalton@gmail.comwrote:
On 28 May 2012 11:49, Jon Davies jon.davies@wikimedia.org.uk wrote:
The latest version of our five year plan is now available for comment
before
being taken to the Board on July 1st.
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.
Please remember that this is a plan that will change annually and will
not
be set in stone.
It is broad brush - looking for where we are going but not the exact details.
Targets and metrics will be attached when the detail is teased out.
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.
Year one relates to the period from which it is adopted - hopefully July 1st.
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?
It tries to find a balance of realism and optimism.
It is not a strategic plan - strategy is what you do in response to circumstances.
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.
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