The TOP 15 Project Questions for Executives Master Class
From strategy execution to value delivery, here are 15 questions for executives, and 15 revealing answers.
Why 15 Project Questions?
In your executive role, running the business and delivering strategy, you do not run projects day-to-day, but you do have to live with the results.
Empowering you and getting you started on the journey to deliver results from your project is what this Masterclass is about.
We do not cover‘how to manage a project’ because this is not where the significant problems exist.
Instead, the questions show you what to ask - so you can achieve the optimized returns, the most value for the investment of time, money, and resources. Contrary to what you may hear from the project fraternity:
all projects and programs should deliver benefits and value!
About the Masterclass
Who can benefit?
All executives overseeing investments and projects should take this Masterclass.
You have a choice—you either stand up for what you want from your project, or you allow yourself to be steam-rollered by the process. There is a whole industry ‘out there’ trained, supported, and eager to (inadvertently) compromise your project.
In this Masterclass, we give insights and alternative perspectives to arm you to take decisions where currently the ‘project experts’ rule—so that you can define what you want from your project investment and then achieve it.
- We help you overcome the misinformation, myths, deficiencies, traps, and gaps you will encounter in and around projects.
- We equip you with the knowledge and perspectives so you can make the shift from delivering compromised projects to delivering optimized ones.
Learning Outcomes
- We give you 15 questions to ask for each of the major steps in taking a project from ideas through to results
- For each question, we also give you the big picture of what to look for in the answers
- We also give you additional materials and videos, to give you context.
- We debunk some of the key myths, so you can avoid misunderstandings and confusion
Masterclass Content
TOPics
THE PROJECT VALUE CHALLENGE
STAGE 1 - IDEA INITIATION
Q1 Is this idea / concept / project worthwhile?
Q2 Have we defined how we want to work in the future?
Q3 On what basis have we selected this solution?
Q4 How are we planning to deliver the agreed solution, outcomes and value?
Q5 Is delivering the proposed project, solution, outcomes and value feasible?
STAGE 1 - IDEA INITIATION COMPLETION
STAGE 2 - BUSINESS CASE
Q6 Is the project's Value Equation clear and correct?
Q7 Is the Business Case valid?
Q8 Is this project/investment a priority NOW?
STAGE 2 - BUSINESS CASE COMPLETION
STAGE 3 - VALUE DELIVERY
Q9 How do I best control the project?
Q10 How do I enable the project’s success?
Q11 Are we managing the risks?
Q12 Are we managing the change successfully?
Q13 How do I track how we are going?
Q14 How do I ensure we get the value?
Q15 How do I know if we have been successful?
STAGE 3 - VALUE DELIVERY COMPLETION
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