Strategic Action Plan

Strategic Action Plan for the University of Central Florida

The strategic plan includes twelve strategic initiatives and supporting strategic objectives that are considered relatively fixed to provide guidance in the near- to mid-term. The strategic actions that support the strategic objectives are intended to be modified to adapt to changing circumstances. The Strategic Action Plan and its online implementation provide the mechanism for this dynamic process. The Strategic Planning Council (SPC) Executive Committee with the support of Division of Planning & Evaluation manages the implementation process.

Responsibilities

Effective implementation of the strategic plan requires actions to be taken and accomplishments be reported. Responsibility for strategic actions is a negotiated situation. The SPC Executive Committee made initial assignments of responsibility when the strategic actions were identified in the planning process. Responsibility for strategic actions supporting a given strategic initiative crosses many departmental lines. To facilitate implementation, Strategic Initiative Coordinators were identified to motivate and coordinate reporting of specific accomplishments by working with individuals assigned responsibility for particular strategic actions supporting a given strategic initiative. The SI Coordinators initially prioritized the strategic actions and in 2003-2004 focused on the highest priority items. In 2004-2005, the focused shifted to all strategic actions. The addition of Strategic Planning Liaisons helped the SI Coordinators to streamline the annual reporting process.

Progress

The strategic actions are intended to be specific items to be completed. In many cases, they require the completion of a plan or development of a process. When that plan is completed or the process established, the strategic action is completed. While the plan or process may result in ongoing operations, it is not intended that performance reports be associated with the strategic plan. Rather such performance is associated with separate operational reporting.

Accomplishments

The Strategic Action Plan Implementation Website includes all of the current action items and provides a description of the accomplishments, expenditures, and future plans for each action item. A password protected reporting site is used by the SI Coordinators and other responsible individuals to enter the accomplishments for the current academic year. You may review the reports from previous academic years, since the inception of this online reporting database; the Strategic Action Plan Implementation HISTORICAL VIEWING site provides those data.

Reports

The SI Coordinators and responsible parties use the information reported in the web site to create summary annual reports on accomplishments, expenditures, and future plans. The chair of the Strategic Planning Council delivers an annual report to the President and the university community on progress on the strategic plan (2005-2006).

Separate reporting has been initiated with respect to areas supported by special funding to address strategic issues. Formerly budgeted as "university specials" or "academic affairs specials," most of these items have been rolled into base budgets.