Once alternatives, dreams and visions, along with barriers to their realization, are listed, the team should prepare or request major proposals for achieving the alternatives, dreams or visions directly, or else indirectly through overcoming the barriers. For cxamplc, a major city government did not begin to work on strategies to achieve its major ambitions until it had overhauled its archaic civil service system. That system clearly was a barrier that had to be confronted before the city government could have any hope of achieving its more important objectives.
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After the strategic planning team prepares or receives major proposals, two final tasks must be completed. The team must identify the actions needed over the next one to two years to implement the major proposals. And finally, the team must spell out a detailed work programme, covering the next 6 months to a year, to implement the actions.