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Department of Commerce Financial management Conference
August 2009
DoC Financial Management Strategic Planning
3. The typical view on strategic planning…
4. Why do we need to plan? To ensure that we work toward the same goals
To assess and adjust the FM community’s direction in response to a changing environment
To focus our energy
Strategic Planning is:
A disciplined effort to produce fundamental decisions and actions
Shapes and guides what we are, what we do, and why we do it
Focuses on the future
A strategic plan is a living organism that drives us to the next point
5. What strategic planning is not… Not an attempt to make future decisions
Decisions are made in the present
Not a substitute for good judgment by leadership
It is a tool that supports the intuition, reasoning skills, and judgment that people bring to their organization
Does not necessarily flow smoothly from one step to the next
It is a creative process, and fresh insight arrived at today might very well alter the decision made yesterday
It changes……
6. CFOs reached consensus… Consensus on:
Current state of FM community
Desired (future) state
Compelling case for change
Vision & Values for our community
Barriers to success
Objectives and initiatives
This one needed a clear path of action going forward
Next steps and assignments
Communicating the message
7. FM Strategy Gameboard
8. Vision takes you to a place that you are not…
The mission is your overarching task…
Values guide the way we act and every action should be in concert with them… Vision, Mission and Values…
9. Goals… Goals make up the future state we want to achieve to move us toward the vision…
10. Objectives… Strategic objectives are broad, yet measurable ways to accomplish goals
11. CFO Initiatives Aligned by Importance…
12. CFO Council’s Strategic Alignment…
13. What next…how can you play a part… CFO Council initially brainstormed ideas for initiatives
Narrowed and consolidated
Prioritized each using weighted scoring
Need FM Community to continue that brainstorming
Help define the objectives (what would success look like)
What worked and what has not in reaching similar objectives
Identify 10 actionable initiatives that we can start working on
Reach a consensus on priorities using collective scoring
14. Group break out… Look for the icon on your name badge
Communications –
Human Capital –
Systems –
Process Improvement –
Business Information Needs – the cornerstone of the puzzle
Consider how to incorporate aspects of business information development in each groups work