Module Components

• Overview
• Assignments

Topics

• Strategies and Tactics
• Teaching Plan
• Barriers
• Sustainability and Spread

NDNP 811 - DNP Project Development

Module 3: Presentation of DNP Project Proposal

Strategies and tactics

Strategies and tactics are specific actions that are expected to achieve a certain goal or aim. Implementation leaders will be more effective if their implementation plan includes multiple types of strategies and tactics. Too often leaders’ default to only one strategy, education. Education is the first stage when disseminating an innovation. Leaders need to utilize other strategies and tactics as well. Since implementation is context specific, there is no one list of strategies and tactics that apply to every initiative.

 

 

Be creative and identify strategies and tactics that are considered a good fit for your organization and the goals you’re trying to achieve. The success of your DNP Project depends on how willing people are to work with you. You do not have the ability to dictate that others change. You can however lead in a manner that influences, persuades, and supports others in their efforts to improve outcomes.

Consider the ABCDE acronym below to guide the identification of possible strategies and tactics for your DNP project (Bingham & Main, 2010; Powell et al., 2015). Refer to this link for a detailed list of suggested implementation strategies and tactics
A = Accountability
B = Buy-In for the right outcomes
C = Collaboration, Communication, and Changes in structures
D = Data
E = Education