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(U) Strategies Are Nice, But What Are We Doing About It?
FROM:
SIGINT Performance Planning (S01X)
Run Date: 08/28/2006
(U) In our last article, we explained the working parts of the USSS
Strategy - Goals, Objectives, Metrics and Milestones. You had the
opportunity to investigate some of the specific activities supporting
our Goals and Objectives. What can an organization do to ensure
achievement of the strategy? That's where the Milestones and
Measures come in. There's a saying, "What is examined gets
done."
(U//FOUO) Each quarter, the SIGINT leadership examines progress
against the Goals and Objectives on the Placemat by reviewing the
Long Range Plan. This plan contains the milestones under each
objective to be achieved in the next 12-18 months. The plan also
contains strategic measures, which indicate progress toward the
desired end-state. The most recent quarterly review was held July
31. The briefing from that review, containing the highlights
presented by each Goal Owner, is posted on the SID web page .
(Click on "2006 USSS Long Range Plan 1st Qtr Review" in the
bottom left corner of the page.)
SERIES:
(U) The Placemat
1. The Placemat: What
in the World Is It?
2. USSS Strategy and
Long Range Plan: A
Vocabulary Lesson
3. Strategies Are Nice,
But What Are We
Doing About It?
4. The New A&P
Strategy
(U//FOUO) Quarterly reviews of the Milestones and Measures
allow the Goal Owners and SIGINT Director to ensure that key
steps toward the goals are being taken and that our measures
indicate improvement. These reviews also give them the
opportunity to address problems that may impede progress.
Additionally, by reviewing the progress as a group, connections and
synergies between activities under different goals can be
identified. For example, in the July review, the leadership linked
the training activities conducted under Goals A.1, A.2, B.2 and C.2.
(U//FOUO) Since beginning this process of quarterly reviews three
years ago, 70-80% of the milestones have been completed
and several key performance metrics have shown improvement.
Future articles on each of the Goals will describe some of these
successes.
"(U//FOUO) SIDtoday articles may not be republished or reposted outside NSANet
without the consent of S0121 (DL sid_comms)."
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