Professional Documents
Culture Documents
(WLA)
Rationale
To develop a work plan, you
must have some realistic time
estimates of what you can do
within the time to be planned
[just how much time do you spend in your gov
vehicle anyways?]
Objectives
the participants will be able to:
Understand the function of a WLA in developing
project plans and annual/business plans for their
project area
Prepare a project WLA using the WLA Tool
provided utilizing information from the
evaluation, long range plan and other sources
Prepare a time period (quarter, annual) WLA
using the WLA Tool provided utilizing information
from the evaluation, long range plan and other
sources
Projects
What?
Individual projects from
your evaluation and long
range plan
Your entire FY goals for
developing your APO
Why?
You need to know how long will it
take for a project from start to
completion
What is reasonable as far as
what you can accomplish in a
set period of time
fiscal year?
field season?
Analyze Individual
Projects
What are the tasks (milestones) for
each project
Most projects will include several
tasks, such as:
Contacting landowners
Gathering documentation and capturing in Pedon PC and
NASIS
Characterization or reference sampling work in the field
ArcGIS activities
NASIS data population and/or editing
Correlation activities
Other?
Analyze Individual
Projects
Analyze Your FY
So now:
Your APO will probably include multiple
projects to be completed entirely or in
part during the FY
There are many support items that
need to be addressed
Do this to help plan what you can
realistically accomplish in any given
year
Critical Production
Tasks for an APO
Projects from evaluation and long
range plan
Technical assistance (if Technical Soil
Services is part of workload)
Outreach
Whatever it is you are assigned to do
Support Items
Leave
Training given and received
Meetings
Management and supervision
Miscellaneous
travel to and from field
routine events (emails, phone calls, breaks, etc.)
Unanticipated, unplanned events
1-Project page
2-APO page
Summary
WLA is a tool to help you plan
WLA is a tool to help you sell your
plan
What is provided?:
WLA Tool template for projects
WLA Tool template for APO (or other
period of time)
Job aids for using both