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A detailed explanation of smart objectives and how to write effective and meaningful objectives for programs. Smart objectives are specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and timely, and this guide covers each component in depth. Learn how to define objectives, set benchmarks, and ensure alignment with organizational goals and missions.
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Objectives concretely measure a program’s successes or shortcomings, and to show how a program is translating an organization’s mission, vision, and values into action. However, organizations often struggle in creating objectives that accurately measure progress toward a goal, or that are meaningful to other team members or to external partners. Many programs are run on grant funding tied to achieving objectives, and it is important that a program can prove its success to continue funding. It is also important to know whether a program has failed, and by how much, in order to change the program to be more effective in the future. To ensure you’re effectively measuring a program’s impact, draft objectives that are: Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, and Timely.
Learn more about the components of SMART objectives below by asking the questions provided. Specific Objectives should be well-defined, and clear to other team members and to partners with the same level of knowledge as you. Using action-oriented verbs, such as “increase” or “decrease,” will make your objectives easier to measure in the end.
Achievable/Attainable Objectives should be within reach for your team or program, considering available resources, knowledge, and time.
Use the bolded questions to directly inform your SMART objective: [Resource] will [action] to [target population], resulting in [change] by [time frame].
Objective SMART Objective We’ll train community members using the curriculum. By the third year of the grant period, program staff will have trained 80% of school nurses on the selected train-the-trainer curriculum. Participants will understand the importance of smoking cessation. By the end of the event, 90% of participants will be able to identify at least three techniques that can lead to successful smoking cessation. Reduce smoking rates By 2020, the rate of smoking in the seven-county area will decrease by 25%.
Outcome Objectives Outcome Objectives help your organization measure quantifiable progress against benchmarks and goals grounded in measurable data. Outcome objectives are extremely easy to measure—your organization has either met them, or it hasn’t. They provide a great way to see where you’ve exceeded your goals and by how much, and where you might have fallen short of goals and by how much. Outcome Objectives should be SMART : Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, and Timely. Examples of SMART Outcome Objectives