Welcome to Workforce Planning

Welcome to the State of Iowa Workforce Planning Website. This website is a compilation of the tools and resources to be applied to the various aspects of workforce planning that have been developed for Iowa state agencies.

For FY 2010 DAS is combining Diversity and Affirmative Action into the Workforce Planning process so that agencies will be responsible for one human resource planning effort each year. The State of Iowa Workforce Planning Workbook and Template has been updated for this purpose.  The State of Iowa Succession Planning Workbook and Template remains the same.

Also note that the FY 2010 Workforce Plan is now due on July 31, 2009 instead of July 1st.  This coincides with the Affirmative Action planning and reporting process.  An additional template has also been developed to report FY 2009 Diversity Plan progress.  This extra report will not be needed for FY 2010 since Diversity and Affirmative Action are now part of the Workforce Planning process.

As of July 31, 2009, executive branch agencies in Iowa state government are expected to have developed and implemented a workforce plan, which is to include a succession plan. These plans are to follow the format developed jointly by the Department of Management and Department of Administrative Services. Documents related to this specific initiative can be found on these links:

June 8, 2009 Workforce Planning Diversity/AA Memo
State of Iowa FY 2010 Workforce Planning / Diversity / Affirmative Action Template
State of Iowa Succession Planning Workbook and Templates
Data Dictionary

Workforce planning is part of the larger cycle of business planning organizations pursue to implement, maintain, develop, modify and even close down their operations. The cycle starts with the strategic plan, the organization’s vision of its operations. From that is extracted how the operation will work: customers, business lines, products, services, results, and processes. These components determine “the right work” to be done. From there, the organization determines how it will be structured to best do “the right work” and identifies the resources needed to accomplish that work.

Those “resources” include funding, facilities, inventory, and the people needed to do the work, the “right people” with the “right skills.” Budget, capital, purchasing, and technological planning all come into play at this point. Planning for the people needed to do the work is also an integral part of this phase. The end result?

Last update: 6/09