A Guidebook on Capacity Development Agenda Formulation

40Step 4 Formulate the Competency Objectives .Obejctives are specific measures used todetermine whether or not we are successfulin achieving a goal.When sitting down to formulate your objectives,it would help to have a very clear ideaof what you want to be in the future andwhat you are going to do to get there. yourobejctives therefore should be SMART!S Specific Not a vague aspiration but a cleardescription of where you want to beM Measurable So that you can demonstrate thatobjective can be achievedA Achievable Within your control of influenceR Resourced Clearly linked to the resources neededto get you where you want to beThe objective analysis will facilitate theidentification of the Core CompetencyObjective for Capacity Development (CD).Hence, it is strongly suggested that the useof Problem Tree Analysis be undertaken toidentify the problems as suggested underthe Step 3.What is Objective Analysis?It is a tool to:- describe a situation that would existafter solving a problem or problems- Identify means-ends relationship tomeet the objectives- Visualize the relationships in a diagram.See Tool # 2 and follow the processdescribed in stepsT Time-bounded Deadline!