{"id":2293,"date":"2023-02-27T01:52:34","date_gmt":"2023-02-27T01:52:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/ipm102\/?page_id=2293"},"modified":"2023-02-27T01:52:34","modified_gmt":"2023-02-27T01:52:34","slug":"writing-smart-objectives","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/ipm102\/learning-pathways\/agreeing-expectations\/writing-smart-objectives\/","title":{"rendered":"Writing SMART objectives"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\" class=\"mw-body container\" role=\"main\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<div class=\"panel\">\n<div class=\"panel-body\">\n<div id=\"bodyContent\">\n<div id=\"mw-content-text\" lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" class=\"mw-content-ltr\">\n<div class=\"thumb tright\">\n<div class=\"thumbinner thumbnail\" style=\"width:302px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wikieducator.org\/File:SMART-objectives-1262373_1280.jpg\" class=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/\/wikieducator.org\/images\/thumb\/d\/d1\/SMART-objectives-1262373_1280.jpg\/300px-SMART-objectives-1262373_1280.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"210\" class=\"thumbimage img-responsive\"><\/a>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"thumbcaption\">SMART<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>There is an art to writing tight objectives. A long standing method is to write SMART objectives:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Specific\n<\/li>\n<li>Measurable\n<\/li>\n<li>Achievable\n<\/li>\n<li>Realistic\n<\/li>\n<li>Time bound\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You will often need some technical knowledge rather than just project management knowledge to work out if a project is realistic or achievable. 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A long standing method is to write SMART objectives: Specific Measurable Achievable Realistic Time bound You will often need some technical knowledge rather than just project management knowledge to work out if a project is realistic or achievable. 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