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Tool 7 Formulating Objectives

Formulate smart objectives by describing exactly what you want to achieve.

When do you use the Formulating Objectives tool?

Someone once said, ‘If you don’t know where you are going, how will you know that you got there?’

Well-formulated objectives lead to successful, measurable projects. When you have established the priority issues that you want to address in your project, you need to formulate an objective for each one of those priorities.

Who can use the Formulating Objectives tool?

How do you use the Formulating Objectives tool?

For each objective, answer the prompts to help you identify how exactly to achieve your goals. For multiple objectives you can download and print out the worksheet to fill it in by hand or you can copy the prompts onto a piece of paper and write down your answers.

Goal:

A goal is the big picture, what you are working towards. For us it is to create or update a natural playground.

Objectives:

Each objective is a step you need to take to reach the goal.

Activities:

Are the different things we do or deliver (produce) to reach each objective.

Formulating Objectives

Objective 1 What aspect of the playground do we want to complete and by when? Enter your objective here.
Activity What do we need to do to reach this objective? Enter your ideas here.
Output What is the result or product of this activity? Enter your ideas here.
Responsibility Who is responsible for completing this activity and by when must it be completed? Enter your ideas here.
Inputs What resources (people, things, and money) do we need to complete the activity? Enter your ideas here.
Monitoring How can we check that the activity is complete? Enter your ideas here.
Objective 2 What aspect of the playground do we want to complete and by when? Enter your objective here.
Activity What do we need to do to reach this objective? Enter your ideas here.
Output What is the result or product of this activity? Enter your ideas here.
Responsibility Who is responsible for completing this activity and by when must it be completed? Enter your ideas here.
Inputs What resources (people, things, and money) do we need to complete the activity? Enter your ideas here.
Monitoring How can we check that the activity is complete? Enter your ideas here.

If you prefer, you can download the worksheet and print it out.