Plan Stage
The Plan stage is about……planning! This is where the programmes and projects making up the first release (reference this Next Release link for more information on this important topic) are defined, charged with achieving specific benefits/outcomes, scoped, staffed and mobilised.
In this stage most of the work falls to key management sponsors and senior programme and project managers.
A typical set of deliverables or products from this stage are:
Governance Structure:
- Roles & Responsibilities
- Authority Levels
- Governance Mechanisms
- Escalation Routes
- RASCI Matrix
Terms of Reference:
- Objectives
- CSFs & Priorities
- Scope
- Approach
- Plan
- Benefits/Outcomes
- ACRI Log
- Standards
- etc
Team Roster/Calendar
Budget Estimates
Communications Plan:
- Stakeholder Plan
- Marketing Strategy
- Launch Event
This stage sets the envelope for the delivery work in the remainder of the stages in the business transformation roadmap (N.B. in the context of this release!). As such it also does things like parcel out and thus sequence what part of the outline business case defined in the business architecture work should and will be associated with the scope of the release and hence the delivery responsibility of the specific programmes and projects within it.
If the content of this webpage makes you feel that being a member of our Biz4ge Network, or a Certified Affiliate within it, would be of benefit to you please Contact Us and we will get in touch by return. Your contact will be treated as confidential and will be at no cost or obligation to you.