Visionate: The What? (Part 1) -- Capturing the Sponsor’s Vision
Doug is the author of the landmark book, Extreme Project Management®: Using Leadership, Principles and Tools to Deliver Value in the Face of Volatility. He works with clients who undertake projects in very demanding environments: those settings that feature high speed, high change, high unpredictability and high stress. Doug has lived in the trenches—from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania to Beijing, China—with over 275 project teams with budgets that ranged from $25,000 to over $25 million. He is one of the founders of the Agile Leadership Network, an organization dedicated to connecting, developing and supporting great project leaders. He is known for his hard-hitting and humorous keynote speeches that address vital issues facing today’s project-based organizations. You can visit Doug at www.dougdecarlo.com.
The purpose of the Visionate Cycle is to come to grips with the answer to Business Question 1: Who wants what and why? Although the answer to this question will evolve over a good portion of the project, we nonetheless need a starting point.
The Visionate Cycle (see Flexible Project Model Diagram) has two components:
- Discovering the Sponsor’s vision: Understanding what the sponsor is looking to do.
- Creating the Collective vision: Getting buy-in from other key stakeholders.
Here are some tips for identifying the true sponsor. Ask:
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Who decided we should be taking on this initiative?
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Whose…
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