Integrated Planning Session Activities
Activity Part 1 – Big Hairy Audacious Goals (BHAGs)
Please complete the questions in the table below.
1. Identify one or two BHAGs for your department/unit/division on campus that you want to accomplish over the next 2-3 years.
2. Why is this is a goal for your department/unit/division (i.e., provide a justification for this goal)?
3. What evidence have you collected to justify this goal? If no evidence has been collected, what evidence needs to be collected?
4. What resources are needed to achieve this goal (budget, coordination with other departments, etc.)? Can existing resources be leveraged to
accomplish the goal?
5. Is this goal documented in any other plans?
Activity Parts 2 – 4: Integration of BHAGs with Planning Processes
Part 2: How is it integrated with program
review and budget?
Part 3: How is it integrated with program review,
budget and strategic plan?
Part 4: How is it integrated with program
review, budget, strategic plan and
educational master plan?
Activity Parts 5 – 7: Engagement, Implementation and Evaluation of BHAGs with Planning Processes
Part 5: How are faculty and staff engaged
throughout the planning processes? How
is engagement maintained through the
processes?
Part 6: How is implemented? How is effective use
of the plans being documented? How is progress
being monitored?
Part 7: How are these processes evaluated?
Activity Part 8 – Reflect on the previous activities and list the next steps with regard to planning for your department, division or the college.
What aspects of the planning processes need improvement? What needs to happen to strengthen the integration?
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