Description: This guidance resource supports the implementation of the WWF Standards of Conservation Project and Programme Management. However, the coverage of stresses is a little short on examples, and it fails to adequately distinguish between threats and stresses Full citation:…
Plan
Once the conservation situation and the team’s in it are well resolved (Step 1), we move to developing plans: actions, monitoring and operations (Step 2)
- A. Develop a formal action plan
- define SMART Goals for each target to guide action
- review the conceptual model and develop draft strategies for key intervention points
- prioritize strategies against impact and feasibility
- test selected strategies using results chains to test logic and assumptions
- develop for key intermediate results
- B. Develop a formal monitoring plan
- define audiences and key information needed
- define indicators and methods
- cost monitoring activities
- C. Develop an Operational Plan
- develop budgets including all activities
- assess human, financial and other capacity and adjust as needed
- document risk assessment and mitigation
- assess lifespan and exit strategy
Having developed these plans, many projects use this information to publish a communication document often called as the ‘Management Plan’. This is a static document used to communicate with stakeholders.
The Open Standards, however, sees the ‘plan’ as a process, not an end-point, and uses such tools as Miradi and MiradiShare as planning, management and monitoring vehicles that ‘keep the plan alive’.
This process begins with implementation (Step 3) and continues with adaptation (Step 4) and sharing (Step 5).
Conceptual Models (WWF 2005)
Description: This document is intended as a guidance resource to support the implementation of the WWF Standards of Conservation Project and Programme Management. It is a very good resource, but predates discussion about Human Wellbeing Targets and climate change. Full…
Targets and Target Viability (WWF 2009)
Description: This document is intended as a guidance resource to support the implementation of the WWF Standards of Conservation Project and Programme Management. It is a very good resource, but predates discussion about human wellbeing targets. The concept of “footprint”…
Scope and Vision (WWF, 2006)
Description: This guidance document supports the implementation of the WWF Standards of Conservation Project and Programme Management. Some parts of the guidance are now dated. It could use better detail on thematic scope and in developing shorter vision statements. The…
Conservation by Design 2.0 Guidance Document (V1.0)
TNC presents this guidance as an evolution in the conservation approach of the Conservancy and the Open Standards more generally. It is centered on four topics: 1) explicit consideration of linkages between people and nature, 2) design interventions focused on…
WWF Programme Standards: Step 2 – Design
Description: This module was developed as part of an online learning experience to help WWF partners and staff learn how to apply Step 2 (Design) of WWF’s Standards for Conservation Project and Programme Management (WWF Programme Standards or PPMS). These…
Online Open Standards Curriculum
Description: ConservationTraining is an open and free learning community that offers conservation-based training materials. With over 25,000 users from over 200 countries enrolled, its mission is to share training with conservation colleagues across the world. Planning Conservation Projects & Programs…