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INSTITUTIONAL EFFECTIVENESS, PLANNING, & ACCREDITATION SUPPORT UVU Strategic Planning Process: SWOT Analysis 2019-20 Planning Year
INSTITUTIONAL EFFECTIVENESS, PLANNING, &ACCREDITATION SUPPORT
UVU Strategic Planning Process: SWOT Analysis2019-20 Planning Year
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Principles of Planning
We have more good ideas than we can implement.
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DMADV
Three planning
questions
What should we be doing?
How well are wedoing it?
How can we do it better?
PDCAMBO
PDSA
OODAOPDCA
TPS
AAPA
PDSAA
DMAIC
6σ
5 Whys
8 Disciplines
TQM
SIPOC
“As long as everyone involved in the planning process agrees to a definitional hierarchy, any combination of words can be used.”
—Karen E. Hinton, A PracticalGuide to Strategic Planning
in Higher Education (2012)
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The Planning, Budget, and Assessment
framework
Mission
Objectives
Assessment
Operationalize
Evaluates
Respond to
AchieveQuality Improvement
Initiatives
Resource Requests
Implement
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How Well Are We Doing It?
SWOT Analysis
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Assessments evaluate the
extent to which units sustainably
achieve their objectives
Metrics and Benchmarks
Anything your organization does to evaluate the extent to which your organization is meeting your objectives and will continue to do so—from the distant past through the foreseeable future—can contribute to your assessment.
Informal and Ad Hoc Assessments
Learning Outcomes
SWOT Analysis
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Looking Forward with
Assessments
Metrics always look backward. How do we assess the present and future?
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SWOT
WeaknessesStrengths
Opportunities Threats
Internal
External
Helps Hurts
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Step 1: Identify
Identify all of the factors that help or hinder mission fulfillment
1. Aim for breadth, not depth.2. Aim for clarity, not criticism.3. Aim for effects, not action.
Nominal Brainstorming
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Step 2: Classify
WeaknessesStrengths
Opportunities Threats
Internal
External
Helps Hurts
Poor Staff Morale
Commitment to Student Success
Student Growth
Competitor Closes
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Step 3: Actions
Shore up your weaknesses
Build on your strengths
Capitalize on opportunities
Defend against threats
Internal
External
Helps Hurts
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Developing assessment
findings
Assessments establish the needs for and constraints on specific strategies for achieving objectives, as well as identifying objectives for which further efforts are not necessary.
Totality of Evidence
Annual Rotation
SWOT analysis suggests whether trends
in metrics will continue.
Annual SWOT analyses are impractical.
Status Indicators
SWOT analysis alerts you to changes in your
environment.
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Managing plan
documents
Logging Into Box
Login URL: https://uvu.box.com/
Uses UVU single sign-on (UVU ID and password)
Store your SWOT Analysis in the Box folder with the rest of your strategic planning documents.
* If you need access, contact your unit leader.
Strategic plans are managed in UVU’s cloud storage system, Box
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Assessment & Planning
Contacts
Strategic Planning Consulting: Jeff [email protected] | (801) 863-8993
Technical Support: Jennifer ZabriskieAdministrative Assistant [email protected] | (801) 863-8259
Academic Assessment Support: Quinn KollerDirector, Academic Quality Assurance
[email protected] | (801) 863-8226
Strategic Planning Support: Jessica FrandsenPlanning [email protected] | (801) 863-6749
