Skip to main content
NC OSBM logo NC OSBM

Topical Navigation

  • Home
  • Budget
    Budget
    • Budget 101
    • Budget Manual
    • Budget Instructions
    • Budget Memos
    • Governor's Budget Recommendations
    • Certified Budget
    • NC IBIS
    • Training Resources
  • Facts & Figures
    Facts & Figures
    • Population & Demographics
    • Economy
    • Geography
    • State Data Center
    • LINC
    • State Demographer Data
  • Operational Excellence
    Operational Excellence
    • Strategic Planning
    • North Carolina Results First
    • Evaluation Fund Grants
    • Regulatory Analysis & Impact Analyses
    • NC Office of Strategic Partnerships
    • Performance Management Academy
    • Governor's Advisory Committee on Performance Management
    • Case Studies
  • Stewardship Services
    Stewardship Services
    • Directed Grants
    • Internal Audit
    • Report Fraud, Waste or Abuse
    • Grants Management System
    • OPEB
    • Reports to the NC General Assembly
    • Fee Reports
    • Cost Collections Report
    • Archived Reports
  • About OSBM
    About OSBM
    • Leadership Team
    • Contact Us
    • Upcoming Events
    • Employment Opportunities
    • News
  • NC.GOV
  • AGENCIES
  • JOBS
  • SERVICES
NC OSBM »   Operational Excellence »   Strategic Planning

Strategic Planning

Strategic planning is a long-term, future-oriented process of assessment, goal setting, and decisionmaking. A strategic plan sets the course for what an agency will do over the next two to five years and how it will achieve its desired results. At its core, strategic planning is about influencing the future rather than preparing or adapting to it.

Our team at OSBM assists state agencies with their strategic planning in a variety of ways. 

  • A Strategic Planning Template that can be adapted to agency needs
  • A Guide to Strategic Planning 
  • The Performance Management Community of Practice to facilitate best practices and knowledge sharing 
  • We offer Facilitation and Consultative services directly to agencies upon request!

**All agencies are required to submit strategic plans as part of the budget development process. Budget expansion requests must clearly support goals included in the agency’s strategic plan to be considered in future budget recommendations from the Governor's office. 

Facilitation Services

OSBM analysts offer facilitation services to agency strategic planning and/or executive management teams for various types of working sessions. Using facilitation best practices, these services enable the proper design, execution, documentation, and follow-up actions for these sessions. Specifically, OSBM can help facilitate brainstorming sessions, environmental scans, S.W.O.T analysis, and Vision Statement and Organization Values review and development.   

Consultative Services 

OSBM analysts offer agencies external consultant services to provide access to deeper levels of expertise throughout the strategic planning process. Examples of these services include the development of performance measures, feedback on strategic plan proposals, and assistance with various planning processes/tools such as affinity mapping.

 

Operational Excellence

  • Strategic Planning
    • Agency Strategic Plans
    • Performance Management Community of Practice
    • Strategic Planning Guide
  • North Carolina Results First
    • Child and Family Health
    • Evidence Definitions
    • Reports
  • Evaluation Fund Grants
  • Regulatory Analysis & Impact Analyses
  • NC Office of Strategic Partnerships
  • Performance Management Academy
  • Governor's Advisory Committee on Performance Management
  • Case Studies

Share this page:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Email

How can we make this page better for you?

Back to top

Contact Information

North Carolina Office of State
Budget and Management

Mailing Address: MSC 20320, Raleigh, NC 27699-0320
Physical Address:
116 W. Jones Street, Raleigh, NC 27603

984-236-0600

Website Feedback Form

Report Fraud Hotline

Fraudulent activities should always be reported to your local law enforcement office. The following is additional information on how specific types of fraud complaints or cases of suspected fraud can be submitted to state agencies.

Visit the Hotline!

Follow Us on Twitter

Tweets by NCDemographer

  • Employee Directory
  • Accessibility
  • Terms of Use
  • Privacy Policy
  • Open Budget
NC OSBM
https://www.osbm.nc.gov/operational-excellence/strategic-planning