Case Study: Capital University achieves transparent, living strategic planning with Envisio

Capital University launches a 5-year strategic plan in 4 months with Envisio

Capital University, an independent university in Ohio, needed to move beyond static planning documents and implement a dynamic system to execute its ambitious five-year strategic plan. The challenge was to create a plan with broad campus-wide ownership and a mechanism for accountability and tracking, avoiding the common pitfalls of previous efforts. To achieve this, they partnered with the vendor Envisio to utilize its strategic planning software.

Using Envisio, the university built and launched its "Capital Rising" strategic plan, which incorporated nearly 300 initiatives from across campus. The solution provided a centralized system for tracking progress and fostered transparency through a public performance dashboard. Envisio enabled the university to go from software adoption to a full board preview in just four months, creating a living plan that ensures ongoing accountability and measurable outcomes as the institution approaches its bicentennial.

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