Planning Terms
Alignment: linking strategies, goals, and objectives vertically from the University to the unit level and horizontally across units
Annual Reports: yearly documents that describe a unit's work and achievement of strategies, goals and objectives
Goals: specific activities related to each strategy; while reviewed annually, goals are generally 2-3 year initiatives
Mission: the fundamental reason for an organization's existence; its purpose; what the organization is here to do
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs): a system of defining and tracking the institution's most important performance metrics
Key Strategic Indicators (KSIs): performance indicators tied to strategies and goals of a strategic plan or effort
Objectives: discreet measurable tasks based upon established goals
Outcome Metrics: Outcomes are the result of the work and metrics are a method of measuring outcomes
Strategies: directions used to achieve a vision; overall, highest-order goals of Pacific 2020 that should remain relatively stable through the seven year planning period
Tasks: projects that support objectives, goals and strategies
Unit Plan: demonstrate how the unit level goals and objectives are aligned to the University's Strategic Plan and include the unit's goals and objectives that will be used to support University strategies
Vision: an image of an organization's desired future, articulated in a concise statement
Values: broadly shared beliefs and principles that guide an organization