Management and Program Analysis: Practical Planning Skills
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Who Should Attend
Management and program analysts, management and program assistants, budget analysts, systems analysts, administrative staff interested in this series, and anyone else interested in transitioning into the management and program analysis series..
Suggested Prerequisite: Students should first take
Management and Program Analysis (343 Series): An Introduction or be familiar with the concepts and principles covered in that course.
Course Overview
This intermediate level workshop will helps you become an effective planner in fast-paced workplace scenarios. We will examine four levels of planning: (1) personal, (2) operational, (3) tactical, and (4) strategic. Each level builds on the other.
Our practical focus deals with planning scenarios you might frequently encounter in the workplace. During the course, you will work in "learning teams" and review the opportunities, possibilities and potential pitfalls you may encounter when developing plans. You will also review techniques to help you ensure that your plan is working.
Course Objectives
You will learn to develop, assess, and support effective planning techniques for Management and Program Analysis, including:
- Planning - Doing More with Less
- Different Approaches to Planning
- Types of Plans: Operational, Tactical, Strategic
- Users and Other Stakeholders in Planning
- Critical Success Factor Idea Generators
- Process Improvement and SCAMPER
- Is Your Unit Ready for Process Improvement?
- Bottlenecks: How to Resolve Them
- Waiting Line Management: The Planning Process Model
- Types of Forecasts – by Degree of Difficulty
- Risk-Based Range Forecasting
- Confronting Chaos
- Tactical Planning Insights
- Tactical Renewal Factors
- How to Think and Act Strategically
- How To Use SWOT Most Effectively
- Presenting Your Plan
- Score-Carding Aligned Initiatives