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How to use the guide
The guide is structured around two sections. The Strategy
Development section discusses the process of conducting a strategy
project and the Strategy Skills
section addresses the skills that are required for successful strategy
work.
Getting an Overview
For the new user, the best way to get an overview of
the content of the guide is to read the Introducing
Strategysection and the summary
pages for each of the project phases and strategy skills as set out below:
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Strategy Development
- Justification & Set Up
- Research & Analysis
- Strategy Formulation
- Policy & Delivery Design
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Strategy Skills
- Managing people and the project
- Managing stakeholders & communications
- Structuring the thinking
- Building an evidence base
- Appraising options
- Planning delivery
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The Strategy Development Section
Having read the summary pages for the four project
phases, a more in-depth understanding of any particular phase can be
developed by reading through a number of more detailed pages. Each summary
page provides links to the following detail:
- typical tasks
- example outputs
- management issues that should be considered
- typical questions that should be asked
- relevant skills.
The Strategy Skills Section
The summary page for each strategy skill contains links
to a number of helpful tools and approaches. Together these make up a 'toolkit'
for the strategy practitioner - using the right tool for the job will help
to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of strategy work.
'In practice' examples are provided to illustrate
how each tool or approach has been applied in recent strategy work, and
references are provided for those wishing to find further information.
Where appropriate, blank templates are also provided.
Other Sources of Government Guidance
The Strategy Survival Guide aims to support strategy
development and strategic thinking. Further sources of guidance for those
responsible for taking strategies forward into policy design and delivery
include:
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