This session is part of the HESPA Showcasing Good Practice Week 2026. The aim of this week is to provide a space for our members to share with each other the work they have done which they feel has been a particular success (or which they feel they learnt something valuable from), and to celebrate and promote the hard work of planners in the HE sector.
Synopsis:
This session will introduce the Narrative Commitment Task approach to the planning process and demonstrate how it has enabled a more seamless and consistent way of working across academic areas and professional services. By bringing planning into a single structured framework, the approach supports clearer alignment between local plans and the wider University strategy.
It will explore how the revised process encourages a stronger focus on strategic objectives, ensuring that commitments made during planning are explicitly linked to institutional priorities. The session will also show how the use of Power BI allows these commitments to be captured, monitored, and measured, providing greater transparency and enabling progress to be tracked at both local and institutional level.
Speakers:
John Hurst, Director of Strategic Planning & Insight
Graeme Smith, Head of Planning & Performance
from De Montfort University
Tagged : Free Event, Strategy Development and Implementation
Type : Meeting
