Policy implementation is about creating a different future. An implementation plan must provide a clear picture of that future as it is the basis for the outcomes and delivered benefits of the new policy. A clearly articulated vision and description of the desired future are vital to the buy-in, motivation and alignment of effort and expenditure of the large number of people involved in any new policy implementation. This element of implementation planning sets the framework for dealing with the “expectations” part of the objective “on time, on budget and to expectations”. When departments and agencies need to.
