Strategy Survival Guide
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<strong>Strategy</strong> <strong>Survival</strong> <strong>Guide</strong> Version 2.1<br />
Prime Minister’s <strong>Strategy</strong> Unit<br />
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<strong>Strategy</strong> Development > Policy & Delivery Design > Tasks<br />
Detailing policy options<br />
Following the initial identification of policy options and appropriate policy instruments, an iterative process of<br />
appraisal and detailing is required to work towards a final policy proposal. As the appraisal criteria are<br />
applied to narrow down the range of options under consideration, so the importance and practicality of<br />
detailing the remaining options increases. Fully worked-up policy options will address:<br />
What will be Delivered?<br />
The proposed policy and choice of policy instruments defines what will be delivered and the vehicle for<br />
delivering it. For example this could be an incentive delivered through the tax system, a cash payment<br />
delivered using a loan, or a prohibition delivered through legislation. The new good or service to be delivered<br />
should be clearly defined and differentiated from policy programmes or projects already in place.<br />
Who will Deliver it?<br />
Identifying the organisations that will make up the delivery system is a key part of detailing a policy. This will<br />
involve identifying:<br />
• the extent to which delivery will require the involvement of government departments and agencies,<br />
voluntary sector organisations or private sector players<br />
• the extent to which the policy can be delivered through existing institutions versus the need to create<br />
new structures.<br />
Drawing on the organisational analysis, this will begin to highlight the degree of institutional change<br />
required by the new policy.<br />
What will the Rules be?<br />
Having established who the players in the delivery system will be, it is necessary to define rules to shape<br />
how the system will operate. This will involve articulating the roles and responsibilities of each individual<br />
player, as well as the arrangements that will govern their interaction. Specifically, this should cover:<br />
• Accountability – the balance of power and allocation and ownership of ultimate responsibility<br />
• Funding – the mechanisms and formulae by which the policy will be funded<br />
• Success – how players will be held to account for success and how it will be defined and measured<br />
• Incentives – what additional incentives are required to drive outcomes.<br />
As the paper Better Policy Delivery and Design discusses, designing a high performing delivery system is<br />
a highly complex task.<br />
How much will it Cost?<br />
Finally, alongside an increasingly quantified understanding of the benefits that the new policy will deliver, it<br />
will be necessary to detail the capital and operational costs associated with the policy and the expected<br />
spending schedule.<br />
Useful links:<br />
> organisational analysis<br />
> institutional change<br />
> Better Policy Delivery and Design<br />
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