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Strategy
This content aligns with the Strategy, Policy & Evaluation craft
Understanding the strategic objectives, purpose and desired outcome is critical to effective policy development.
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The Australian Public Service Commission releases a new APS Learning and Development Strategy Action Plan.
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This article provides an introduction to ‘Structured Analytic Techniques’ and how to do better decision making.
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This course is delivered on 19/11/2025, by face-to-screen consisting of one 3.5-hour session.
This course is delivered on 04/03/2026, by face-to-screen consisting of one 3.5-hour session.
This course is delivered on 16/03/2026, by face-to-screen consisting of one 3.5-hour session.
This course is delivered from 29/04/2026 to 30/04/2026, by face-to-screen consisting of two 3.5-hour sessions.
This course is delivered on 13/05/2026 - 14/05/2026, by face-to-screen consisting of two 3.5-hour sessions.
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This module teaches the capability to forecast workforce demand and supply. Forecasting is used in all types of workforce planning to inform decisions about the future.
The Workforce Planning Boost Program is a collection of modules that target the development of technical workforce planning skills. These units have been co-designed by the APS Centre of Excellence for Workforce Planning, with workforce planning experts and academics from across Australia.
This module is about identifying job roles that are crucial to achieving organisational outcomes and become a priority for workforce planning efforts. It’s a foundational concept for workforce planning.
In this module, participants will apply workforce planning to determine crucial capabilities and understand the organisational culture required to meet future business needs.
This module explores organisational design and job design in the context of workforce planning. Participants will also explore smarter and different ways of working due to external change and disruption.
This module explores practical tools and techniques to undertake program management, to effectively support workforce planning implementation including governance, monitoring evaluation and iteration.
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A content strategy sets the foundation for the creation, structure and governance of content. You should apply a content strategy when building new services or redesigning web content, or for big changes such as machinery-of-government updates.
The Open Policy Making Toolkit is a product of the UK Government's Open Policy Lab. Access a range of tools and techniques to assist the policy development process.
A one page template to plot out how your policy is intended to work. It will help you understand the relationships between resources, activities and outcomes of the policy, which is critical to a successful evaluation.
A template to plan out your evaluation, including the questions you’ll ask and what data you’ll collect.
A menu of questions to inform your evaluation strategy.
A twelve page template to document your evaluation strategy.
Guidance on undertaking cost-benefit and risk analysis of regulatory proposals to be incorporated into Regulation Impact Statements (RIS).
The Behavioural Economics Team of the Australian Government (BETA)’s eLearning Hub is an online learning resource for behavioural insights.
The Behavioural Economics Team of the Australian Government (BETA)’s Academic Directory is a directory of Australian behavioural economics and behavioural science academics, including their contact details and research interests.
The Behavioural Economics Team of the Australian Government (BETA), is the Australian Government's central unit for applying behavioural insights (BI) to public policy.
Behavioural insights tools assist understanding human behaviour, which can inform policy design.
APO is an open access evidence platform – making public policy research and resources accessible and useable.
An issues tree is a structured way to break problems down and plan what needs to be considered in relation to the issue.
This video was recorded in April 2022 at the APS Academy’s Craft Conversations event for the craft of Strategy, Policy and Evaluation.