Strategic Direction A Complete Guide - 2020 Edition
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Strategic Direction A Complete Guide - 2020 Edition - Gerardus Blokdyk
Strategic Direction
Complete Self-Assessment Guide
The guidance in this Self-Assessment is based on Strategic Direction best practices and standards in business process architecture, design and quality management. The guidance is also based on the professional judgment of the individual collaborators listed in the Acknowledgments.
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•The Self-Assessment Excel Dashboard, and...
•Example pre-filled Self-Assessment Excel Dashboard to get familiar with results generation
•In-depth specific Checklists covering the topic
•Project management checklists and templates to assist with implementation
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Purpose of this Self-Assessment
This Self-Assessment has been developed to improve understanding of the requirements and elements of Strategic Direction, based on best practices and standards in business process architecture, design and quality management.
It is designed to allow for a rapid Self-Assessment to determine how closely existing management practices and procedures correspond to the elements of the Self-Assessment.
The criteria of requirements and elements of Strategic Direction have been rephrased in the format of a Self-Assessment questionnaire, with a seven-criterion scoring system, as explained in this document.
In this format, even with limited background knowledge of Strategic Direction, a manager can quickly review existing operations to determine how they measure up to the standards. This in turn can serve as the starting point of a ‘gap analysis’ to identify management tools or system elements that might usefully be implemented in the organization to help improve overall performance.
How to use the Self-Assessment
On the following pages are a series of questions to identify to what extent your Strategic Direction initiative is complete in comparison to the requirements set in standards.
To facilitate answering the questions, there is a space in front of each question to enter a score on a scale of ‘1’ to ‘5’.
1 Strongly Disagree
2 Disagree
3 Neutral
4 Agree
5 Strongly Agree
Read the question and rate it with the following in front of mind:
‘In my belief,
the answer to this question is clearly defined’.
There are two ways in which you can choose to interpret this statement;
1.how aware are you that the answer to the question is clearly defined
2.for more in-depth analysis you can choose to gather evidence and confirm the answer to the question. This obviously will take more time, most Self-Assessment users opt for the first way to interpret the question and dig deeper later on based on the outcome of the overall Self-Assessment.
A score of ‘1’ would mean that the answer is not clear at all, where a ‘5’ would mean the answer is crystal clear and defined. Leave emtpy when the question is not applicable or you don’t want to answer it, you can skip it without affecting your score. Write your score in the space provided.
After you have responded to all the appropriate statements in each section, compute your average score for that section, using the formula provided, and round to the nearest tenth. Then transfer to the corresponding spoke in the Strategic Direction Scorecard on the second next page of the Self-Assessment.
Your completed Strategic Direction Scorecard will give you a clear presentation of which Strategic Direction areas need attention.
Strategic Direction
Scorecard Example
Example of how the finalized Scorecard can look like:
Strategic Direction
Scorecard
Your Scores:
BEGINNING OF THE
SELF-ASSESSMENT:
Table of Contents
About The Art of Service7
Included Resources - how to access7
Purpose of this Self-Assessment9
How to use the Self-Assessment10
Strategic Direction
Scorecard Example12
Strategic Direction
Scorecard13
BEGINNING OF THE
SELF-ASSESSMENT:14
CRITERION #1: RECOGNIZE15
CRITERION #2: DEFINE:24
CRITERION #3: MEASURE:35
CRITERION #4: ANALYZE:44
CRITERION #5: IMPROVE:57
CRITERION #6: CONTROL:69
CRITERION #7: SUSTAIN:85
Strategic Direction and Managing Projects, Criteria for Project Managers:137
1.0 Initiating Process Group: Strategic Direction138
1.1 Project Charter: Strategic Direction140
1.2 Stakeholder Register: Strategic Direction142
1.3 Stakeholder Analysis Matrix: Strategic Direction143
2.0 Planning Process Group: Strategic Direction145
2.1 Project Management Plan: Strategic Direction147
2.2 Scope Management Plan: Strategic Direction149
2.3 Requirements Management Plan: Strategic Direction151
2.4 Requirements Documentation: Strategic Direction153
2.5 Requirements Traceability Matrix: Strategic Direction155
2.6 Project Scope Statement: Strategic Direction157
2.7 Assumption and Constraint Log: Strategic Direction160
2.8 Work Breakdown Structure: Strategic Direction162
2.9 WBS Dictionary: Strategic Direction164
2.10 Schedule Management Plan: Strategic Direction166
2.11 Activity List: Strategic Direction168
2.12 Activity Attributes: Strategic Direction170
2.13 Milestone List: Strategic Direction172
2.14 Network Diagram: Strategic Direction173
2.15 Activity Resource Requirements: Strategic Direction175
2.16 Resource Breakdown Structure: Strategic Direction176
2.17 Activity Duration Estimates: Strategic Direction178
2.18 Duration Estimating Worksheet: Strategic Direction180
2.19 Project Schedule: Strategic Direction182
2.20 Cost Management Plan: Strategic Direction184
2.21 Activity Cost Estimates: Strategic Direction186
2.22 Cost Estimating Worksheet: Strategic Direction188
2.23 Cost Baseline: Strategic Direction190
2.24 Quality Management Plan: Strategic Direction192
2.25 Quality Metrics: Strategic Direction194
2.26 Process Improvement Plan: Strategic Direction196
2.27 Responsibility Assignment Matrix: Strategic Direction198
2.28 Roles and Responsibilities: Strategic Direction200
2.29 Human Resource Management Plan: Strategic Direction202
2.30 Communications Management Plan: Strategic