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Strategy Survival Guide

Prime Minister's Strategy Unit

Version 2.1

Strategy Development > Policy & Delivery Design > Questions

This phase will help to address questions such as:

What are the policy options for realising each of the strategic objectives?
  • What are the key pieces of knowledge and evidence gathered in the Research & Analysis phase?
  • What organisational and system competencies could be utilised?
  • How should the public and key stakeholders be involved in generating policy options?
  • Which policy instruments could be used?
  • What are the implications of the choice of policy instruments?
How could each policy option be developed into a workable solution?
  • What will the new policy deliver?
  • What kinds of organisations are needed in the delivery system?
  • What will be the rules, roles and responsibilities within the delivery system?
  • What are the expected capital and operational costs associated with the policy?
Which policies provide the most suitable option for implementing the strategy?
  • How suitable is each policy option for addressing the issue in hand?
  • How feasible is each policy option given the available delivery resources and competencies?
  • How acceptable is each policy option to key stakeholders?
  • How robust is each policy option under possible future scenarios?
What kind of change will the new policy require?
  • What system or structural level changes are required by the new policy?
  • What are the obstacles and constraints to change and how can they be overcome?
  • Who will be responsible for delivering this change?
  • How quickly does the change need to happen?
  • Is there a need for pilots or controlled experiments?
How should the conclusions of the project be communicated?
  • What should the final report look like?
  • How many copies of the report need to be printed?
  • To whom do we want to communicate the findings of the project?
What has the team learned through the project?
  • What went well and what went badly, and why?
  • What would be done differently next time?

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