THE CORPS PLANNING PROCESS: Making Good Decisions

     

   The six steps in the corps' planning process are:

 

    This process follows a problem solving methodology based on sound decision making principles that culminates in a decision document.  There are numerous laws, policies, regulations and guidance about every aspect of the corps planning process.  And each study is unique where the application of these rules are done on a case-by-case basis.  Today's planning environment is very complicated and following these six iterative steps--essential to any good decision process--will yield successful decision documents.

 

Lessons Learned Workshop and some things to look for:

• articulate and address the right problem

• seek a consensus on the problem and study objectives

• formulate many alternatives, since you'll never exceed your best alternative

• timing - look for windows of opportunity

• sometimes you have to just "muddle through it" with tiny steps

• alternatives in the EIS must be exactly the same as in the main report

• too much or too little detail

• prevent critics and nay sayers from kidnapping the process