Appendix A: Questions and Answers

Strategic planning focuses leaders on the means to achieve an ideal vision (what USNA should be) 5-10 years in the future, whereas long-range planning may only address a few years the future or the next budget submission.

Yes.   Much of our excellence and the superb reputation we enjoy are the result of deliberative planning efforts set forth by our Strategic Plan.  USNA programs and facilities such as the Stockdale Center, the Center for Cyber Studies, Hopper Hall, renovations to Navy Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, the Center for Academic Excellence, distinguished chairs and visiting professors, are the result of previous strategic planning efforts.

The process by which we’ll update our strategic plan involves assessing the current state of USNA, to include validating our mission and vision, analyzing the social, technological, economic, political and environmental trends, and evaluating our strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats.  We will seek input from a variety of sources internal and external to USNA during this assessment.

Yes, we will seek input from USNA faculty, staff and midshipmen during this assessment.  

The Strategic Plan website (www.usna.edu/strategicplan) provides information on the status of the plan’s development, as well as the means by which someone suggested inputs to the plan.  Additionally, suggestions can be communicated to any of the strategic plan committee members (also listed on the website). 

The Strategic Plan Committee has been involved in a deliberate, 9-month planning effort involving representatives from several USNA departments and cost centers. The strategic plan development process involves assessing the current state of USNA, to include validating our mission and vision, analyzing the social, technological, economic, political and environmental trends, and evaluating our strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. The committee will seek input from a variety of sources internal and external to USNA during assessment in determining revised specific strategic objectives.

We intend that the updated Strategic Plan be presented to USNA leadership for approval in April 2020.   Execution of the plan will begin upon approval.

It is intended that execution of Strategic Plan 2030 guide USNA through the next decade, culminating in 2030.  As we near 2030, we expect that we will resume strategic planning efforts, with a view toward ensuring future USNA excellence and mission accomplishment.   

Much of our excellence and the superb reputation we enjoy are the result of deliberative planning efforts set forth by our Strategic Plan.  USNA programs and facilities such as the Stockdale Center, the Center for Cyber Studies, Hopper Hall, renovations to Navy Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, the Center for Academic Excellence, distinguished chairs and visiting professors, are the result of previous strategic planning efforts.