Cobb County presents interactive strategic-plan dashboard; public rollout, quarterly updates planned

Cobb County staff on July 22 demonstrated a new Strategic Plan Management System and interactive dashboard intended to show progress on the county's five-year strategic plan, how projects align to budget decisions and strategic goals, and where county efforts sit by commission district. Kimberly, the county's ITS director, introduced the system and turned the presentation over to Yolanda Rucker and others who guided commissioners through the dashboard features.

The dashboard, staff said, is built on a four-level plan structure the board approved at the top three levels and that staff have expanded into more than 450 action items aligned to eight strategic outcome areas and roughly 30 key success indicators. "The County Strategic Plan is the roadmap that guides our efforts to achieve our community's goals and priorities," Kimberly said, and the dashboard is intended to be "a transparent and interactive platform, allowing us to track our progress, identify areas for improvement, and make data driven decisions."

County staff showed commissioners several features intended for internal oversight and eventual public viewing: status pie charts that reflect staff-entered completion and on-track indicators, a system-calculated indicator for past-due items (staff reported none at the time of the presentation), quarterly-update tracking that flags late submissions, and district overlays that let users see which action items are aligned…