New Priorities for the 21st Century: National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) Strategic Plan. Updated for FY 2005-FY 2011

摘要

NOAAs Strategic Plan provides a broad vision for our Agency. It is the responsibility of our Center to capture that vision in relation to the Centers ability to contribute to the NOAA vision. This NCDC Strategic Plan brings into focus the outcomes and objectives that are fundamental to NOAAs mission and service to our Nation. When properly conceived, the strategic plan provides a shared vision and shapes executable strategies. The true value of a strategic plan is realized when people develop and execute the operating plan in support of the strategic plan. The operating plan identifies specific pathways to deliver the strategic goal outcomes. Both the strategic and operating plans must be realistic. This requires responsiveness to changing internal and external environments. Our ability to execute our strategic plan is dependent on a well conceived operating plan grounded in facts and reality. Issues that contribute to or impede our success are best identified through exchanges of diverse ideas among all of our Data Centers employees. The appendix to this NCDC Strategic Plan represents specific activities that require the development of operating plans and the subsequent execution of those plans.