Spot check!
Answer these questions for each of your projects? How do you feel about the answers? What will you do?
- Do we have a defined goal for the program?
- Is there any objective measure of success or failure?
- Does each program have a goal and measure of success/failure?
- Do we have a portfolio sponsor?
- Does each Program have an owner/sponsor?
- (are we all using the same language around sponsor and owner)
- Does each program have a governance structure? eg steering committee and working group? Product owner?
- Do programs require funding?
- Is the program funded?
- If not, is the sponsor championing the funding? Is it at risk?
- Does the funding cover all costs?
- What about operations costs?
- Are there any hard deadlines?
- Are there any cross project dependencies?
- What is the value we can add to each program?
- Have we discussed and agreed our contribution and role with the program?
- Do we have an appropriate solution pathway?
- Is there is a reliable system for delivery? Will anything get in it’s way?
- What environmental and situational risks affect the programs?
- What/how does a blocker get cleared for these teams?
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