Action Programs

Every action plan in your program requires a time frame for action, someone responsible to make it happen, and some measures to see if it is getting done and how effectively it is producing results. By the way this is just another example of a pattern at work. We've done plenty of action plans and know that if you leave out this information the plan either won't get done, you won't know if it was done, and it will cost you more whether it gets done or not.

	Measures
	Sample measures that work: If your action plan is to count beans, how many beans per hour are you counting? How many beans have you counted so far? How accurately must you count the beans? Each bean or just each pound of beans? How do you know when you are done? How much have you spent?
	Timeframe for Action
	Start and end and maybe some steps along the way.
	Who is Responsible
	Who leads? Who does the work? Who oversees? Is there a sponsor who ultimately decides? Who is the customer?