BFA Strategic Planning

Strategic planning is how BFA units prioritize budget, staff time, space, and technology to move our division forward proactively. This process dedicates time for our teams to discuss their current position and make actionable and achievable goals based on their current resources. It also includes time for celebrating achievements, troubleshooting issues, and evaluating effectiveness. Strategic planning is how BFA drives our mission forward and works to achieve our vision. It ensures we are proactive in addressing challenges and seizing opportunities. Our strategic plan is a living document evolving to the changing needs and resources of our division and the university.  

University Alignment

The BFA Leadership Team establishes the division's framework for strategic planning by determining strategic initiatives and priorities influenced by the university's values and goals. To ensure alignment with the university's strategic plan, BFA's planning timeline parallels the university's, with some steps occurring annually and others every five years. 

Collaborative Review

Once our strategic direction is set by the university and division leadership, our units meet as teams to evaluate their progress on last year's goals, review their current position and resources, and determine what goals and objectives they would like to implement over the next year.  

Planning Cycle

Just as water moves through an ecosystem, our strategic plan influences all levels of our work in a continuous, interconnected cycle. 

Each part of our process is impacted and informed by the other parts of the cycle, which means continuously reviewing and adapting to ensure the whole system can function together. 

A visualization of the planning process as earth's water cycle with the following steps: university values and priorities, division goals, resources, implement, evaluate, review, and plan.

Accountability and Transparency

A comprehensive report is compiled each year to outline the division's strategic direction. The report includes highlights of BFA's achievements, progress made on strategic goals, and plans for the upcoming year. The Vice President for BFA, Joyce Lopes, shares the report with WWU President, Sabah Randhawa, and with all division staff. By sharing our strategic plans, BFA Leadership demonstrate their accountability to the projects and initiatives added to their area's strategic plans and promotes transparency in decision-making. 

Staff Resources

If you are a BFA staff member looking for your unit's strategic plan, please visit our internal staff site: BFA Connections on SharePoint.