A Basic Program Planning Model

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                 A BASIC PROGRAM PLANNING MODEL

This approach is based on the outline that foundation and
government funding proposals often recommend or require, namely:

     State project goals and objectives
     State methods (project description)
     Specify implementation procedure
     Specify evaluation procedure

That's fine for a proposal outline, but since we need to be more
concerned about how the program is developed, we would expand the
outline to one more like the model below.

> State project goals and objectives
Identify needs of community and organization
Review organization's purposes and goals
Reconcile needs with goals

> State methods (project description)
Develop alternative program ideas                      
Assess desirability and feasibility                         
Select best program method

> Specify implementation procedure
Develop detailed plan, contingency plan,                    
staffing, pattern, timeline, etc.                 

> Specify evaluation procedure
Determine evaluation criteria                          
Select data-gathering process                          
Develop evaluation questions


STEPS IN THE PLANNING PROCESS

> Analysis
     þ of needs
     þ of problems
     þ of underlying causes

> Vision
     þ of what could be

> Strategies
     þ for working toward the vision

> Implementation
     þ a detailed plan for carrying out the chosen strategy





PREPARED BY: Duane Dale, Cooperative Extension Service, University
of Massachusetts, Amherst.

• Lois M. Frey, UVM Extension, RR #4, Box 2298, Montpelier, VT 05602, (802) 223-2389, email: lfrey@sover.net
• "Group Development: Creating Group Effectiveness" by Duane Dale, DFD Associates, 99 Brattle Street, Cambridge, MA 02138-3402 (moving to 764 South East Street, Amherst, MA 01022 after 8/1/98);
• Bob Biagi, 142 Cherry Lane, Amherst, MA 01002 (413) 549-1412;

Comments to: crs@uvm.edu
Reviewed as of 4/20/98