|Worksheet 2: Working Through Your Operational Plan
Who or what is the target audience for your project?
What are the goals for your project?
What are the objectives (the measurable steps or activities) that will lead toward
the accomplishment of your goals?
What are your strategies? Some strategy questions include: Whom should you include in your planning process? With whom will you work? How will you reach your target audience? What will cause people to remember your message?
What is the critical timeline for your project? What things must be done first? What is the necessary order for key steps? What action deadlines does the timeline dictate?
List the activities, who will take responsibility for getting them done, and the date (the day, week, or month) by which each one needs to be completed for your plan to work. Highlight any critical timetables or deadlines. You should be listing tasks that will carry out your goals and objectives. (For example, deliver written information to each person in the target group, hold three meetings to discuss issues, publish three bulletins on the progress of the crime watch program.)
As you work through the rest of the Success Cycle, you will determine how your group will recruit volunteers, gather resources, provide necessary training, divide tasks, monitor progress, and evaluate outcomes. All these actions will be based upon the answers above.