COMDTINST 5401.4
17 SEP 1992
f.
STRATEGIC PLAN: Plan to achieve the end towards which the organization is driving.
g.
EXTERNAL DRIVING FORCES: The forces over which the organization has no control
(political, economic, societal, technological, environmental).
h.
INTERNAL FORCES: Interal actions that the organization takes to respond to external
forces.
i.
PROGRAM DIRECTION: The Program Director's assessment of where the program is
expected to be in five to 15 years, with an emphasis on the outyears. Also contains an
assessment of threats and opportunities for the program. (Specific application only.)
j.
STRATEGIC GOALS: Targets or specific desired future results derived from our roles.
k.
PROGRAM DIRECTOR'S PLAN (PDP): A management tool to describe and analyze a
Coast Guard Program's objectives and activities. The PDPs link the Strategic Planning
Process, the Strategic Agenda and goal achievement and performance measurement to
Coast Guard planning and programming decisions. (Specific application only.)
l.
PROGRAM OBJECTIVE: Incremental accomplishments within a structed program plan
that contributes to attainment of the long range plan. (Specific application only.)
m. ACTIVITY: A type of action used as a means to achieve a program objective.
n.
POLICY DEPLOYMENT: A process for linking the Commandant's strategy to the
Program Director's long range plan(s).
Policy deployment in its simplest form posed two questions:
(1) What's important?
(2) What are we going to do about it?
4.
POINT OF CONTACT. For further information, contact Commandant (G-CCS-3), FTS
(202)267-2690, or Commandant (G-CPP), FTS (202)267-2355.
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