Milestones

Timeframe Planning Phase Anticipated Milestones
Spring 2008 Organization
  • Assemble Academic Strategic Planning Task Force and Chair
  • Develop process for planning
Summer  - September 2008 Environmental Scan
  • Review related strategic plans
  • Identify external influences on UM
  • Examine resource availability
  • Review current performance characteristics
  • Conduct a SWOT analysis
Early Fall 2008 Identify Key Strategic Issues
  • Town hall meetings on campus
  • Finalize strategic issues in Academic Affairs
Late Fall 2008 Goal Setting
  • Establish goals to address each strategic issue
  • Identify metrics and targets for achievement for each issue
  • Assign responsibility for achieving goals
Winter 2008/2009 Charting Actions to Achieve Goals
  • Identify steps for implementation
  • Match goals to budget implications
Spring 2009 Plan for Assessment and updating Plan
  • Identify data to gather
  • Calendar for review and identifying budget implications
Summer 2009 Completion of Academic Strategic Plan
  • Publication of Academic Strategic Plan

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