Consider the power of the circle. It represents infinity, linking the start with the finish. And when it is used as a tool for your planning cycle, you have the power to view your starting and point or results at a glance.
In One Place, at One Time
plandisc.com’s circular planning templates enable you to quickly see the critical dates, notations, and objectives of any given plan in one place and at one time.
Imagine skipping a flat stone across the smooth surface of a pond. With each skip, a series of concentric rings ripples out, touching the rings of the other skips. Your planning process can be much like those intersecting, concentric rings. Here’s how:
• Human Resources uses circular planning templates to map out its budget, recruiting, and training for the year.
• Marketing uses circular templates for planning its strategic advertising campaigns, budget, and the annual users’ conference.
• Research and Development must coordinate a departmental employee shift, the timeline of each project, its own budgetary needs, and key benchmarking points.
• Manufacturing uses circular templates to keep track of critical deadlines, resource management, and budget.
All of these (and other departments, groups, and individuals) enterprises intersect with one another.
Seeing Beyond the Straight Line
In a traditional, linear approach to planning, Item A leads to Item B, and to Item C. The links between each item are often connected with lines and arrows, project trees, graphs, and charts. They spill out across screens and pages.
The plandisc circular planning tools enable users to customize each cell and concentric ring of a template with key data – from important benchmark dates to notations of individual and group responsibilities. The template can be used in a strict calendar form or adapted to other labeling/designation formats. And elements from each key template can be integrated into larger plans and templates that present a master plan for an organization.
Your plan goes from being static to interactive. Both stakeholders and contributors can see – in one place – how their individual and group responsibilities intersect and influence each other’s.
Academic Planning in the Round
A school administration and faculty team may use circular planning templates to map out critical activities for an academic year.
Each department can identify key objectives and benchmarks for the year including subject modules, test prep periods, testing schedules, final exams, conference days, etc. The administrative staff may incorporate specific department tasks and objectives into an overall master planning template. That master plan for the school year can include essential testing and conference schedules, special events, athletic schedules, hosted activities, commencement, and holiday and school break schedules.
This master plan can be presented to the school board, parent groups, and other stakeholders to illustrate the school’s schedule as well as inter- and intrascholastic enrichment activities, and adherence to mandated academic and testing programs.
Print It, Publish It, Share It
Circular templates are adaptable and dynamic. They can be attached to other files like Excel, PowerPoint, and Word and it also is possible to attach files and documents to the templates. Your planning cycle can be published by adding it to an academic, corporate, or individual home page or Intranet.
plandisc circular templates make it easy to share your objectives in a meaningful and structured way that helps any viewer understand the salient points of your plan at a glance. It’s a beautiful and simple concept, and an even better reality.
