Hard linking/cascading of OGSMs

In OGSM.online you can link multiple OGSMs together. In this article we show how you cascade (parts of) OGSMs. This means that for example a component in the organizational OGSM is elaborated in the departmental OGSM. This can be done in three ways.

Three ways of cascading

1. Strategy becomes objective

Example: You have an organizational OGSM where the strategies are programs. Each program has projects, which are the actions. You can elaborate the program in its own OGSM.

• The strategy in the organizational OGSM becomes the objective of the departmental OGSM.
• The indicators become the goals.
• And the actions become the strategies.

All items are synchronized between these OGSMs. If you add an action to the organizational OGSM, for example, it appears as a strategy in the departmental OGSM.

You can create this link in two ways:

1. Open the strategy in the organizational OGSM and add it as an objective to the departmental OGSM.
2. Or if you already have the departmental OGSM set up: Open the objective of OGSM B and add it as a strategy to the organizational OGSM.

Later in this article we show how to create this link.

2. Action becomes strategy

Example: you have an OGSM for the entire organization. An action is further elaborated by a department. You can add the action as a strategy to the departmental OGSM.

• The action in the organizational OGSM becomes a strategy in the departmental OGSM.
• Sub-actions of the action become actions in the departmental OGSM.

All items are synchronized between these OGSMs. If you add an action to the strategy in the departmental OGSM, it appears as a sub-action in the organizational OGSM.

You can create this link in two ways:

1. Open the action in the organizational OGSM and add it as a strategy to the departmental OGSM.
2. Or if you already have the departmental OGSM set up: Open the strategy of the departmental OGSM and add it as an action to the organizational OGSM.

Later in this article we show how to create this link.

3. Action becomes objective

Example: you have an OGSM where an action is a large program. You can elaborate this program in its own OGSM. You can then add the action as an objective to an empty OGSM.

• The action in the organizational OGSM becomes the objective of the departmental OGSM.
• The sub-actions become the strategies in the departmental OGSM.

All items are synchronized between these OGSMs. If you add a strategy to the departmental OGSM, it appears as a sub-action in the organizational OGSM.

You can create this link in two ways:

1. Open the action in the organizational OGSM and add it as an objective to the departmental OGSM.
2. Or if you already have the departmental OGSM set up: Open the objective of the departmental OGSM and add it as an action to the organizational OGSM.

Below we show how to create this link.

Creating links

• Open the item you want to link.
• Click on the 'Add link' link under 'Visibility in OGSMs'.
• Select the type. If you want to add an action as an objective to an OGSM, choose the type 'Objective', for example.
• Select the OGSM.
• Click 'Save'.