RESOURCE CENTRE MANUAL
HEALTHLINK WORLDWIDE
10. Revise plans for distributing packs if they have not reached some
clinics.
11. Assess the feedback from the evaluation forms and use it to plan future
work.
5. Agree a time frame
As you identify each task, work out how long it will take and when it needs to
be done. This will help you to see whether your action plan is on schedule or
whether you need to modify the schedule. Ask yourself:
• What is the actual time required for each individual task? (Be careful not
to under-estimate)
• When will each step be completed?
Example: Total of 18 days over a three-month period.
6. Assess the action plan
Ask yourself:
• How will you know whether the individual tasks have been achieved?
• Have you allowed for possible interruptions?
• Have you tried to do too much or too little?
An action plan must be realistic if it is to work. It is easy to over-estimate
what you can do, leading to disappointment and failure. For example:
1. Leaflets that you had planned to include in the pack may have run out and
need to be reprinted. Can you substitute something else, or will you need
to arrange for them to be reprinted before you can finish preparing the
packs?
2. The member of staff preparing the pack will take annual leave for six
weeks during the period in which the pack was planned to be prepared.
Can you re-schedule the work, or can someone else do it?
7. Finalise the action plan
Revise the action plan. Obtain feedback and comments from colleagues, and
revise it again if necessary.
SECTION 1: PLANNING A RESOURCE CENTRE
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