Departments undertake planning to improved service delivery and help meet government priorities. Components of a comprehensive planning framework Process to identify the long-term environment facing Long-term planning the department, and formulate the department’s high Mandatory 5+ years long-term strategy for contributing to achieving Requirements government’s broad objectives and sustainable Chapter 2.3 service delivery Process to formulate the department’s strategies to Mandatory Medium-term planning deliver services over the medium-term to achieve Requirements 4 departmental objectives guided by government refer Chapter 2.2 objectives and priorities Service delivery (output performance measures), articulates the goods and services the department Mandatory will deliver. Departmental Requirements Performance Statements Impact (departmental objective indicators) articulates Chapter 4.2 the medium-term impacts on departmental objectives that the outputs are expected to achieve. Business Planning Process to formulate how the department intends to Good Practice 1 year deliver outputs refer Chapter 2.1 planning Guidance planning goals are published in the annual departmental performance statement (specifically the outputs/deliverables and performance measures) which provides the basis for annual performance reporting on the delivery of outputs that contribute to departmental objectives. Internally, the business plan sets out the operational processes, staffing arrangements and budgets allocated to achieve the relevant performance goals for the year. Departments could also oversee the development of more specific plans for portfolio agencies to assist in implementing departmental strategies to deliver the agreed outputs consistent with the requirements for Agency planning under Standing Direction 4.1.1(a) to (d). Medium-term planning Mandatory requirements MEDIUM-TERM PLANNING
Departments undertake planning to improved service delivery and help meet government priorities. Components of a comprehensive planning framework Long-term planning 5+ years Process to identify the long-term environment facing the department, and formulate the department’s high long-term strategy for contributing to achieving government’s broad objectives and sustainable service delivery Mandatory Requirements Chapter 2.3 Medium-term planning 4 Process to formulate the department’s strategies to deliver services over the medium-term to achieve departmental objectives guided by government objectives and priorities Mandatory Requirements refer Chapter 2.2 Departmental Performance Statements Service delivery (output performance measures), articulates the goods and services the department will deliver. Impact (departmental objective indicators) articulates the medium-term impacts on departmental objectives that the outputs are expected to achieve. Mandatory Requirements Chapter 4.2 Business Planning 1 year Process to formulate how the department intends to deliver outputs Good Practice refer Chapter 2.1 planning Guidance planning goals are published in the annual departmental performance statement (specifically the outputs/deliverables and performance measures) which provides the basis for annual performance reporting on the delivery of outputs that contribute to departmental objectives. Internally, the business plan sets out the operational processes, staffing arrangements and budgets allocated to achieve the relevant performance goals for the year. Departments could also oversee the development of more specific plans for portfolio agencies to assist in implementing departmental strategies to deliver the agreed outputs consistent with the requirements for Agency planning under Standing Direction 4.1.1(a) to (d). Medium-term planning Mandatory requirements MEDIUM-TERM PLANNING
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