The project I’m working on has been running for 2.5 months now, and we have reached an important milestone.Inspired by one of Scott Berkun’s diagrams, last week the team noodled out a diagram showing our consultation process and where it’s leading. (Click the image below to see a larger version, or keep reading for a description of what the diagram means.)
As the boss, Linda, noted last week, “The first stage of the consultation process has been focused on opening up the issues, exposing the complexity of the environment and the opportunities and challenges before us. In this way we hope to elicit a wide range of views and opinions and ensure that we have explored all the significant issues.”
We started by publishing a Consultation Paper that defined the questions we needed to address.
During March and April we have sought ideas and input from the University community and from external stakeholders. We have held forums with guest speakers, attended meetings, consulted widely, run an online survey, given presentations and invited written submissions.
This exploratory phase will conclude with a series of workshops in late April.
We have reached the widest part of the diamond shape in the diagram — it represents the half-way point for the process. Now we are entering a stage where we begin to refine our ideas based on what we have learned and the feedback received.
In early May we will hold a series of focus groups and other meetings to review all the input received and start drafting the 10-year strategy.
A draft document will be released for comment by the University community in early June.
Once finalised, the strategy will be submitted to an approval process that includes the Commission’s Steering Committee, Academic Board and University Council. An implementation plan will be submitted to the Planning and Budget Committee’s mid-year conference.
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