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POLICY ANALYSIS TEMPLATE
TITLE
Date:
THE HEART OF THE POLICY MATTER
The Core Question/Issue(s)
Why Has This Issue/Question Surfaced? (why are we even worrying about this?)
Who Cares About the Issue/Question?
The Stakeholders (internal and external):
Why They Care:
THE ANALYTIC STRATEGY
Scope of Analysis
How far reaching?
Constraints and limitations?
Research Plan (e.g. literature, surveys, past experience locally & elsewhere)
Criteria for Judging Viable Alternatives, Consequences and Trade-Offs (e.g. what
are the possible policy conflicts?)
THE TEAM AND PROCESS
Staff Team and Role
Citizen Engagement Strategy (stakeholders and role)
Council/Board Role
Project Tasks and Schedule
Task Who When
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