K & L Plan Mid-Year Review
Department/Division: ___________________
Topic
Roles and Relationships of Main K&L Plan Actors
Is the Division Chief or Manager ** aware of his or
her role and responsibilities in the K&L planning
process?
(Note elements requiring further awareness:)
 ensuring strategic alignment of plan to maximize
impact
 identifying critical strategic K&L needs
 approving plan and its details
 troubleshooting and monitoring progress
Does the Coordinator understand his or her role and
responsibilities in the K&L planning process?
Does the Division Chief or Manager** understand
the Coordinator’s role and responsibilities in the K&L
planning process?
Answer
___ yes ___ no
___ yes ___ no
___ yes ___ no
(Note elements where further briefing required)
 identifying needs assessment method
 administering needs assessment
 identifying K&L activities to meet needs
 drafting plan
 gathering feedback on plan
 finalizing plan based on feedback
 overseeing implementation of plan
 working with online system
 avoiding budget category mistakes
 understanding of support available from KNL
 evaluation processes & availability of data
Does the K&L Coordinator require any additional
support, training, ormentoring to be more effective?
___ yes ___ no
(List ideas)___________________________________
Is the Coordinator clear on the type of support that he
or she can expect from the K&L Liaison?
___ yes ___ no
(include list of support that can be expected)
Has communication between the Coordinator and the
Liaison been effective?
(List elements of effectiveness or ineffectiveness)
____________________________________
What else does the Liaison need to do to better/best
___ yes ___ no
Notes
Topic
serve the client?
Answer
What additional skills/ knowledge are needed from
the Liaison for optimal success?
(List)______________________________________
What additional skills/ knowledge are needed from
the coordinator for optimal success?
(List)______________________________________
**Please replace with appropriate supervisor, as
necessary
PLANNING PHASE (open after yes or no, the
possibility of N/a or I don/ t kow)
Were the Division Chief & Coordinator briefed on
the value of using K&L interventions to help achieve ___ yes ___ no
strategic business goals? (List any
issues/concerns)____________________
Were the departments’ business goals presented
to the Liaison such that the Liaison understands the
departments’ main business objectives?
(List the top goals)__________________________
Does the department have a written multi-year
strategic plan, business plan, or organizational
development strategy to which K&L objectives
could be linked?
___ yes ___ no
___ yes ___ no
(Describe type and timeframe of plan)__________
Were expected results from plans K&L discussed?
___ yes ___ no
What else could be done ensure the achievement of
expected results?
Does the needs assessment plan (or its equivalent)
include an appropriate staff input process?
Is the Liaison satisfied with the quality of the Needs
Assessment?
Is the Coordinator satisfied with the quality of the
Needs Assessment?
___ yes ___ no
___ yes ___ no
___ yes ___ no
Are the Unit’s K&L activities well-aligned with
itsstrategic/business plan?
___ yes ___ no
Are both training and knowledge management
solutions being considered in response to K&L
___ yes ___ no
Notes
Topic
needs?
Answer
Where appropriate, have different roles and
strategic K&L needs of COF vs. HQ personnel been
discussed?
___ yes ___ no
Where appropriate, have ways of including nonstaff employees been discussed?
___ yes ___ no
___ n/a
___ n/a
Have success indicators been identified?
___ yes ___ no
Has the Plan been shared with all departmental
staff?
___ yes ___ no
Are all K&L activities being included in the Plan,
regardless of their source of funding?
___ yes ___ no
IMPLEMENTATION PHASE
Has the Division Chief or Coordinator changed during
this year’s Plan execution cycle?
___ yes ___ no
Is the Coordinator able to manage implementation
without significant issues or extensive need for
coaching from Liaison?
___ yes ___ no
Are activities being executed without major issues?
___ yes ___ no
Have activities been executed within 5% of original
planned budgets?
___ yes ___ no
Is the Coordinator able to use the KNL system without
significant hardship?
___ yes ___ no
Did Subject Matter Experts contribute effectively to
the design & implementation of activities in the Plan?
___ yes ___ no
Do the initial activities outlined in this year’s Plan
continue to be effective solutions for reaching
expected results?
Are the Level 1 evaluation results satisfactory for all
activities executed to date? *delete?
___ yes ___ no
___ yes ___ no
Are Level 2 and Level 3 evaluations being implemented
as appropriate?*delete?
___ yes ___ no
Level 1 Evaluation: Satisfaction Surveys; Level 2 Evaluations: Pre-tests & Post-tests;
Level 3 evaluations: Application/Use of knowledge & Skills acquired in the course.
Notes
Topic
Answer
EVALUATION PHASE
Were the expected results achieved? (this has been
already asked). Delete?
Were there appropriately frequent progress updates
and feedback meetings between the Liaison and the
Coordinator?
Does the Coordinator or Division Chief observe the
desired changes in staff performance?
___ yes ___ no
___ yes ___ no
___ yes ___ no
Are evaluation data being shared?
___ yes ___ no
Will evaluation data from the current year be used as
an input to next year’s Plan?
___ yes ___ no
Notes