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Workforce Planning Model and Guide

State of California Workforce Planning Model

The State of California Workforce Planning Model consists of seven steps:

Step 1: Review Strategic Plan

  • Review your department's Strategic Plan mission, vision, and measurable goals and objectives, and timeframes for accomplishing them.

Step 2: Identify Work Functions

  • Identify the work functions that must be performed in order to accomplish the Strategic Plan.

Step 3: Identify Staffing Requirements

  • Identify the staffing, both in number of staff and competencies required to accomplish the Work Functions.

Step 4: Project Workforce Supply

  • Project your workforce, including numbers of staff as well as competencies, taking into account attrition, and assuming no management actions taken to replace staff lost through attrition.

Step 5: Analyze Workforce Gaps

  • Compare the Staffing Requirements in Step 3 with the Projected Workforce Supply in Step 4, and determine the gap.

Step 6: Develop Priorities and Implement Solutions

  • Analyze your workforce needs (the gap), establish priorities, and implement solutions for meeting those needs.

Step 7: Evaluate the Plan

  • Assess what's working and what's not. Make adjustments as needed. Address new workforce and organizational issues.

These seven steps outline the workforce planning process. The information that follows will guide your agency through the steps, explaining the importance and deliverable of each step. You will find actions to take as well as questions your agency may want to consider. As you work your way through this process, modify and adapt as you see fit.

Updated January 21, 2009 at 4:33 PM.