Plan and Policy Making

Planning Approaches and Focus

• Understand the various approaches and instruments used in small and large scale plan making and policy development.
• Able to determine the challenge or opportunity to be addressed.
• Able to select an approach to and clarify the focus of the plan.

Developing Visions and Outcomes

• Understand approaches to the development of visions and outcomes.
• Able to use analysis and processes to assess possible options.
• Able to develop visions and outcomes.
• Able to articulate, present, and defend visions, plans and policies.

Strategic Information Gathering and Analysis

• Understand what information should be gathered.
• Able to gather information to enable a critical analysis of the situation.
• Able to analyze information gathered to support development of a proposal or plan.
• Understand how technology can gather input and analyze information.
• Able to apply technology to support analysis.

Obtaining Input and Approvals

• Understand practices to effectively engage and gather input from key stakeholders.
• Able to prepare reports and presentations to support input gathering.
• Able to present analysis and reports, support discussions and make recommendations leading to approval.