6.3 SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT: PRACTICAL APPLICATION TASK 1 1.1 Strategic plans, from the National Development Plan down to municipal plans, are all required to interlink. Do you find that the plans are integrated? Why, or why not? 1.2 Does operational strategy cascade down from the NDP to what your provincial government does? If not, why not? Pay attention to strategic issues and the appropriate level at which they should be addressed. 1.3 Consider the annual reports of your provincial department. To what extent are the goals of the NDP being achieved? Describe how success is being achieved. To the extent that success is not being achieved, describe how it could be achieved, and what changes you would make to the strategic plan in order to achieve success. Pay attention to success and failure factors of strategic planning. Also draw attention to how the success factors will deliver public value. 1.4 You are required to monitor and evaluate the strategic implementation of the NDP, and the departmental and provincial plans. Critically evaluate what has been achieved in light of the criteria against which these achievements are to be measured, and the timeframes set for their accomplishment. Weigh the official reports against critical news reports. Are the official reports entirely reliable