As organizations fund and initiate project after project, teams often work off of sketchy project charters, unsure of the focus or expected outcome of each effort. Often times, teams feel that the list of prioritized projects is a result of random selection and are left wondering how the project fit into the overall corporate direction, if at all. What’s lacking are the tools and techniques for clearly describing high level changes the organization wants to achieve and lower level department goals that will provide purpose and focus for the upcoming year. Staff members who are engaged in establishing the future direction of the organization or individual departments within the organization, need to leverage Mission and Vision Statements and the organizational assessment to create Objectives and Goals. In order for these Objectives and Goals to be valuable and useful to everyone they must be SMART. Ambiguity and broad vague statements of direction serve no other means than to add confusion for future project activities. Attend this presentation to learn how to make your objectives and goals SMART. In this webinar, participants will be able to: •Transform the Mission and Vision statements into measurable and realistic Objectives •Understand how to document Goals specific for each Function of the Organization •Use techniques for ensuring that the new Goals are relevant and in scope for the Strategic PlanEARN 1 PDU after viewing this webinar