Timeline

Strategic Plan timeline graphic

Phase 1: Groundwork
August – October 2024 

  • Assess institutional context (August/September 2024)
  • Identify and map stakeholders (October 2024)
  • Identify the core planning team (October 2024)
  • Design the planning process (October 2024)
  • Create communication plan (October 2024)
  • Analyze the environment (October/early November 2024)

Phase 2: Coordination
November 2024 – January 2025

  • Onboard the Strategic Planning Core Team (mid-November 2024)
  • Conduct SWOT survey (November 2024)

Phase 3: Engagement and Feedback
January – June 2025

  • Plan Engagement Opportunities (January 2024)
  • SWOT Input Survey (administration December 2024/January 2025)
  • Data Summits (February/March 2025)
  • Stakeholder Roundtables (February/March 2025)
  • Stakeholder Survey (Early March 2025)

Phase 4: Analysis and Synthesis
July – August 2025

  • Review and Thematize Data from all Engagement Opportunities (mid-March/mid-April 2025)
  • Draft strategic goals

Phase 5: Finalization of Goals
September 2025

  • Gather stakeholder feedback on draft strategic goals

Phase 6: Development of Action Steps and KPIs
October – December 2025

  • Final strategic plan document completed and approved

Adoption of the final strategic plan document completed and approved January 2026.

 

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