Annual Planning
What is Annual Planning?
Annual Project Planning is a facilitated activity that should be undertaken by every management team once-a-year to plan their projects for the coming 12 months.
Typical contents
| • | Identify all the projects that need to be carried out over the next 12 months |
| • | Prioritise |
| • | Allocate a Champion and Project Leader |
| • | Identify timescales |
| • | Identify who needs to be involved |
| • | Plan how the resulting projects will be monitored and steered |
| • | Start work on remits |
Who should attend?
The whole management team
Typical duration
½-a-day to a full day
Use your own Facilitators
If we have trained Facilitators in your organisation, they can carry out this type of assignment for you.
Download
Click here for the Annual Planning Briefing Note.
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| Project Steering Grid produced by in-house Facilitators at Stevenage Homes |
This is a beautifully produced Project Steering Grid sent to us by Richard Field who writes:
"Now that I’ve seen Annual Planning in action I’m beginning to realise it comes with a whole portfolio of advantages. I’m impressed with the way it simplifies the planning process, turns it into a collective effort and works from the bottom up. I’m also beginning to realise that it makes the results so much more accessible to staff and encourages openness among managers. We’ve set up the 12 sheets of the grid in the main office and invited all staff to come and have a look. Beats a 70 page report any day!"