Strategic Plan - What It Means

ITSS has in place an approved strategic plan.  That plan has a large number of initiatives, all designed to meet the plan objectives and ultimately move the ITSS strategy forward.  Each initiative has been assigned to an ITSS Director.  The initiatives have been scheduled over the next three years and mid-level tasks are being developed for each initiative.  These initiatives are really projects and will be executed as ITSS projects.  This type of engagement in a strategic plan is unknown to most of you. 

As we move into plan implementation, you may find yourself assigned to one or more initiatives.  This is outside of our new governance approval structure since the governance structure already approved the plan itself.  I wanted everyone one to know that the plan will start to become real over the next several months as initiative tasks are scheduled.  I realize that this effort and everything else we’re doing is all new to almost everyone.  Lots of change has happened, but the larger changes are yet to be made.  Implementing the strategic plan is going to be a major change because we are going to be managing it like a series of projects with real deadlines.