Adding Tactics to Strategic Goals

Administrators can add Tactics to Strategic Goals within a Strategic Plan. A Tactic can be an action item, a trend, or a combination thereof, that shows progress on the Strategic Plan. 

To add Tactics, click Manage Strategic Plan.

A 2022–2023 Strategic Plan section showing the associated organization listed as History Department, with indicators showing two strategic priorities and one strategic goal and a graph showing data for mapped and not‑mapped statuses for strategic goals mapped to outcomes, and an option to edit and manage the strategic plan button.

Click to expand the Strategic Goal.

A Technology & Innovation strategic goal section showing the goal ‘Promote student success’ with an indicator displaying zero tactics and an option to add a tactic.

Click Add Tactic.

After clicking Add Tactic, a side panel will appear on the right hand side. Here you can add Title, Status, Progress, and Budget for the Tactic. The Progress of the Tactic can be a value between 0-100. Similarly, the Budget requested must be a whole number. The currency value, if already selected for Actions in Assessment Planning, cannot be changed.

NOTE: The currency value for the Budget request can be set from Admin > Configuration Settings > Budget Request.

A 2022–2023 Strategic Plan page showing the Technology & Innovation goal ‘Promote student success’ with an option to add a tactic, along with an Excellence and Accountability section showing no strategic goals created. A View Tactics panel is open for adding a tactic, displaying fields for the tactic title, organization assignment information, status set to In Progress, a progress percentage field, and a description field along with an export button.

Once all the fields are populated, click Add Tactic to save the Tactic for the Strategic Goal. The saved Tactic will be available in the side panel as well as on the Goal card.

A 2022–2023 Strategic Plan page showing the Technology & Innovation goal ‘Promote student success’ with an option to add a tactic, along with an Excellence and Accountability section showing no strategic goals created. A View Tactics panel is open showing Tactic 1 in progress and a button for adding a tactic and a description field along with an export button.

You can also Edit or Delete a respective Tactic by clicking Edit or Delete on the Tactic card.

A View Tactics panel showing the strategic goal 'Promote student success' with a listed tactic titled Tactic 1. The tactic is marked In Progress and displays progress at 50 percent, with options available to edit or delete the tactic.

Once created, the full count of Tactics created for a Strategic Goal will be displayed on the Strategic Goal card, for quick reference.

A Strategic Plan 2023–2024 page showing the Teaching and Learning area with strategic goals listed. The goal ‘Deliver high‑quality educational programs and skills‑based training’ displays indicators showing two tactics highlighted and thirteen mapped outcomes. Another goal titled ‘Improve course success and program completion for all students’ shows zero tactics and seventeen mapped outcomes.

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