Definition: SMART objectives

Category: Common Assessment Framework (CAF); Peer reviews

Objectives state what an organisation has set out to achieve. 

It is recommended that objectives should be SMART:

• Specific: precise about what you are going to achieve;
• Measurable; with quantified objectives;
• Achievable;
• Realistic: are the necessary resources available?
• Timed: within manageable timing. http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/statmanuals/files/CAF_2013.pdf
Source:
European Network of National CAF Correspondents, European CAF Resource Centre at the European Institute of Public Administration (EIPA), "The Common Assessment Framework (CAF). Improving Public Organisations through Self-Assessment. CAF2013", Maastricht, September 2012
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