Action Plan
An action plan is a robust plan detailing all the actions required to achieve project goals.
What is it?
An action plan is a robust plan detailing all the actions required to achieve project goals. It includes necessary tasks, prioritises them, details who is responsible for leading these at the project level and describes progress.
What does this tool look like?
Why use this tool?
A action plan provides a framework and clear guide when thinking about how to plan your project. It is useful for providing clarity on who needs to do what and by when and allows you to track and monitor progress against your project objective/aim.
Where does this tool fit in the improvement journey?
It is relevant to this theme that support your journey.
How to use it
When developing an action plan, identify what items are needed to help achieve your objective of your project, this could be resources, equipment, systems etc.
Once you have agreed the items, for each of these identify and document:
- What actions are required
- When the action is due to be completed
- Who is responsible for the action
- The status of the action and any progress comments that are helpful
Resources
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Action Plan Template