Planning Efforts

All Corps planning studies are required to incorporate public involvement, collaboration, and coordination with their federal and non-federal 

Risk-based analysis, described further in Ghapter 11, is defined as an approach to evaluation and decision-making that explicitly, and to the extent practical, analytically incorporates considerations of risk and uncertainty. Risk-based analysis shall be used to compare plans in terms of the likelihood and variability of their physical performance, economic success, and residual risks. A risk-based approach to water resources planning captures and quantifies the extent of risk and uncertainty in the various planning and design 

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Process Safety Management Initial Planning Effort ... 

Much information pertinent to the above questions may already be available in the published literature, in the files of Government or Industry, in research reports of local universities, or in the knowledge of local citizens. A carefully planned effort should accumulate relevant information that is available. Usually, a fixed period of time should be allowed for the collection and analysis of this information. Then the design and implementation of the field measurements portion of the exploratory study should be undertaken. 

R D and technology plans can also be analyzed with widely used portfolio analysis (47), which provides visual correlations between variables such as potential value, probability of success, time-to-completion, technology maturity, and project cost as a means of optimizing the planned effort. The analyses can be used to redirect effort and reallocate resources as a project progresses. 

Assuming operation of a unitized field, especially as large as Conroe, requires a concentrated preunit planning effort to ensure a smooth transition and equitable treatment of all parties concerned. This... 

The eight steps shown in Table 3-2 define the general process that is followed in most planning efforts. These general steps in some cases may be expanded or... 

The process of strategic planning does not vary sig-nificandy from the process used in other types of planning. This chapter highlights only the aspects of the steps shown in Table 3-2 that are distinctive to strategic planning compared with other types of planning efforts. 

Effective planning requires a serious commitment of time and resources. For a variety of reasons, organizations may not be successful in their planning efforts. Lack of success may stem from failure to recognize and minimize common barriers to planning efforts or failure to understand inherent limitations in planning. 

Failure to commit sufficient time to the planning effort... 

Another barrier to the planning effort is failure to communicate the plan effectively to the employ-... 

Photovoltaic research and development has been an integrated, well-planned effort involving industry, universities, and the federal government. For the past decade, the photovoltaic community has supported an evolving 5-year plan which has allowed the research effort to be carried out efficiently. Federal research support has been modest (between 30 million and 40 million per year for the past 5 years) but progress has been remarkable ... 

Laboratory automation is, in itself not a goal, but, rather a means of achieving an objective anJ a process for solving some laboratory problems. That process involves a substantial planning effort. Without adequate planning, a laboratory automation project may generate more problems than it solves. 

An appropriate design team will demonstrate expertise in contamination control philosophies, space planning, code compliance, and mechanical and electrical design and will be familiar with materials of construction currently being used in pharmaceutical projects. It is frequently helpful to include a member of the construction team in the front-end planning effort to advise on constructibility of the facility being planned. Unrealistic construction schedules will be avoided and field rework will be minimized if appropriate attention is paid to the construction phase early in the planning process. 

Preparedness refers to the proactive planning efforts designed to structure the disaster response prior to its occurrence. Disaster planning encompasses evaluating potential vulnerabilities (assessment of risk) and the... 

Finally, encountering overall resistance (apathy) to planning efforts. Auf der Heide states, Interest in disaster preparedness is proportional to the recency and magnitude of the last disaster (1989). 

ENA supports emergency nurses participation in planning a hospital response to a mass casualty incident. Emergency nurses are a critical element of a hospital planning effort due to their skills in triage and rapid prioritization of needs within a rapidly changing scenario. 

To capture the business opportunities, the procurement team then needs to build a holistic business plan. The business plan mentality is critical, since it will provide the organization with a clear proposal and basis for the decision to allocate necessary resources to the planned efforts. Organizations that have pursued such an approach have created the prerequisites for performance transparency and service-oriented behavior. Possible outcomes depending on the needs of the company and the capabilities developed within procurement can range from a strong procurement network with its own profit and loss statement and balanced scorecard to the creation of a market-oriented profit center unit. The business plan should be focused primarily on value creation rather than cost savings, and should consist of two distinct parts ... 

Apprise the Venture Manager of the additional scope information that must be developed before a meaningful planning effort can begin. 

The Future 500, a nonprofit environmental and stakeholder engagement consulting firm, provides tools and services that enable best practices in stakeholder engagement at the world s leading companies. One of the Future 500 tools, the Corporate Accountability Practice (CAP) Gap Audit , delivers an answer to the dilemma of CSR/SRI survey fatigue, and supports the planning effort to manage the myriad of issues most important to key stakeholders. 

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