Determine Strategic Goals

In the previous steps, your group developed vision and mission statements and answered more detailed questions about your repository. In this step, you will transform this information into project goals and objectives. You may want to begin the process by creating one or more goals for each of the areas suggested above: services and communities, content, funding, and resources.

To accomplish this task more efficiently, divide the planning group into small teams to re-draft your decisions as goals and objectives to be reviewed by the large group. Each strategic goal should state the accomplishment the project is trying to achieve and the methods that will be employed to achieve it. Goals should be specific, measurable, and realistic. The goals should be broken down into objectives—specific results that must be achieved to reach the stated goal. This process is not usually straightforward or linear: sometimes several project objectives can be combined to create a broader goal. At a later stage of the project, responsibilities and timelines will be assigned to each objective to ensure that the project moves forward. Review the goal statements and objectives to ensure they are in line with your stated values, vision, and mission statements.