Description

Prioritization continues to be critical in supporting the needs and demands of the ICANN organization’s (org) global community. Due to the large volume and complexity of implementation work resulting from policy and non-policy work, there is a need for ICANN to prioritize the implementation work. The Planning Prioritization consists of a series of virtual sessions with nominated community members and facilitated by the org’s Planning team. Other subject matter experts may attend the sessions. In addition, a liaison from the ICANN Board will attend the sessions. The scope of activities that the group reviews during the prioritization process are the Board-approved org implementation work, such as Policy Development Process (PDP) recommendations, Specific Reviews recommendations, and the implementation of other non-policy and advice work. In addition, the Planning Prioritization Group will be invited to assess the rationale supporting suggestions of the retirement of non-policy recommendations, as well as early input received from SO/ACs.

Planning Prioritization Framework

Following the conclusion of the Planning Prioritization meetings the Planning Prioritization Framework is reviewed for updates. The Planning Prioritization Framework is intended to serve as a guide for the periodization step during the annual planning process. The framework describes and outlines what to prioritize, who will prioritize, when to prioritize, how to prioritize, etc., so that the community, org, and Board can collaborate efficiently and effectively during the planning process. Updated frameworks include feedback and lessons learned from the previous planning prioritization process.
The latest Planning Prioritization Framework can be found here.