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PLANNING DEFINED

PLANNING DEFINED. Planning Principles & Procedures – FY11. PLANNING DEFINED OUTLINE. What is planning? Who does planning? Planner talk Common myths. PLANNING DEFINED LEARNING OBJECTIVES. To be able to identify five definitions of planning.

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PLANNING DEFINED

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  1. PLANNING DEFINED Planning Principles & Procedures – FY11

  2. PLANNING DEFINEDOUTLINE • What is planning? • Who does planning? • Planner talk • Common myths

  3. PLANNING DEFINEDLEARNING OBJECTIVES • To be able to identify five definitions of planning. • To be able to describe who does planning in the Corps.

  4. WHAT IS PLANNING?

  5. DEFINITION OF A PLAN • “noun: Any detailed scheme, program, or method worked out beforehand for the accomplishment of an objective.” • “verb: To formulate a scheme or program for the accomplishment or attainment of an objective.”

  6. PLANNING IS... • Basic human activity • Rational choice • Control of the future • Special problem solving • What planners do

  7. A PLANNING MODEL • What’s the problem? • How can it be solved? • What are the advantages and disadvantages of solutions? • What’s the best solution? • Implement the solution. • Feedback.

  8. WHO DOES PLANNING?

  9. PLANNING IN THE CORPS • Civil Works Project Planning • Special Area Management Planning • Planning Assistance to States • Flood Plain Management Planning • Lake Master Planning • Dredge Material Management Planning • Military Base/Installation Master Planning • Remediation of Abandoned Mine Sites

  10. PLANNING PROFESSION • About 90 graduate programs in Planning in U.S. • American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) • About 30,000 practicing Planners in U.S. • Most planners in government and consultant firms • comprehensive/general/master plans • zoning, subdivision regulations • GS-0020 Community Planner Federal job series • American Planning Association (APA) www.planning.org

  11. CORPS’ PLANNERS • Most are from another discipline • generalists and specialists • “anyone can be a planner” • Planners are renaissance people • interdisciplinary and multi-interest • integrators • Planning talent = people, not disciplines

  12. action activity alternative alternative plan approach component concept element feature improvement management action management measure management practice measure option plan program project proposal scenario scheme solution strategy system PLANNER TALK

  13. NED FRM NER Combined Plan NEPA VE Federal Interest ESA/T&E Species CWA 404(b)(1) EIS NHPA LEDPA Recommended Plan CORPS SPEAK

  14. SOME COMMON MYTHS • Everyone in Planning is a planner. • Only Planning does planning; all planners are in Planning. • Anyone can do planning. • Planning takes forever.

  15. You can do GOOD planning in a minute, an hour, a day, a week, a month, a year…

  16. PLANNING DEFINED LEARNING OBJECTIVES • Q - What is planning? • A – Planning is a number of things: • Basic human activity • Rational choice • Control of the future • Special problem solving • What planners do • Q - Who does planning in the Corps? • A - Many different people.

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