1. STRATEGIC PLANNING
OVERVIEW BRIEFING
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2. APPROACH
As we chart our course in the coming years, we will favor
initiatives that feature partnerships and interdisciplinary
approaches to problem solving for the university, the Central
Florida city-state and beyond. All the while, UCF will stay
focused on the sustainability of its people, resources, and
environment.
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3. PARTNERSHIPS
 UCF has rich history of successful partnerships…
− Center for Research and Education in Optics and
Lasers (CREOL)
− Institute for Simulation and Training (IST)
− Rosen College
− Florida Interactive Entertainment Academy (FIEA)
− College of Medicine
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4. INTERDISCIPLINARITY
 The purposeful focus of talent and enterprise across
academic disciplines provides an advantageous
organizational model for solving complex problems.
 Institutes, centers and academic units organized as teams
designed to collaboratively pursue solutions to significant
issues, questions, and problems can best leverage our
far-reaching talent and confer competitive advantage to
the Central Florida city-state.
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5. SUSTAINABILITY
 Attract, develop, support, and retain the very best
students, faculty and staff members, and university alumni
 Efficiently steward available assets to achieve desired
outcomes and position for a successful future
 Fully leverage existing strengths and wisely pursue new
capabilities
 Purposely concentrate resources on key endeavors
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6. CONSTANCY OF PURPOSE
 Sustain bedrock capabilities and continue to be
the people s university (accessible and affordable)
 Champion and support a wide range of scholarship in the
classic disciplines and selected emerging fields of study
 Pursue a rigorous, relevant portfolio of research activity
 Consistently strengthen commitment to diversity and
inclusiveness, community service, excellence in every
endeavor, and opportunity for all
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7. THE CHALLENGE
Be a leader in the central Florida city-state by being . . .
AWARE of opportunities,
RESPONSIVE to needs,
and EMPOWERED to act
in support of the university s mission, goals, and values
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8. PLANNING PROCESS
 University level strategic plan (rolling wave approach)
− Division level operational plan
• Unit level tactical plan
 Each level of plan should include
− Mission, vision, SWOT analysis, goals, KPIs
− Plan specifics should tie to parent plan
− KPIs should allow measurable accountability
 Annual action plans tied to Institutional
Effectiveness Assessment tools
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9. TOUGHEST ISSUES
 Determining Fit
 Prioritizing Effort
 Sequencing Objectives
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10. STRATEGIC PLAN
 Mission
 Vision
 Goals
 Values
http://www.ucf.edu/strategic_planning
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