The document discusses India's Vision 2020 plan to transform the country from a developing to a developed nation by 2020. It outlines how project management can help realize this strategic intent through a hierarchy of objectives, programs, and projects. Specifically, it describes how missions and programs were formulated to increase employment and income through initiatives in remote services and tourism. It emphasizes the importance of managing the fuzzy front end to properly formulate program initiatives and link strategic goals to projects in order to achieve the overarching Vision 2020 objectives.

1. Role of Project Management in
transforming a
Developing nation to Developed status
The case of India Vision 2020
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2. Agenda
#1 What is India Vision 2020 ?
#2 Route …Strategic Intent to Projects
#3 The Program Initiative
#4 Portfolio Management
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#4 Portfolio Management
#5 Project Strategy Management
#6 Summing Up

3. Takeaways
Understanding the link between strategy
and projects for large enterprises or nations
Differences between
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Differences between
Small / predictable and large /complex
projects / programs in realizing strategic
intent

4. #1.0 India Vision 2020
The Dream
Various initiatives
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Example
– Opportunity
– BCG Report

5. #1.1 Expected outcomes - 2020
4th largest country in terms of GDP
Quadruple per capita income
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Progress from
– Low income …Upper middle income
(UMI)
Is this possible ???

6. #1.2 Various 2020 Initiatives
Govt of India
Andhra Pradesh Govt
Technology Missions
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Technology Missions
Book by A P J Abdul Kalam
and Y S Rajan

7. #1.3 Reality Check
Poverty % below – 26 %
Female adult literacy rate – 44 %
Primary school enrolment - 77 %
…13
…94
…99
…UMI Ref
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Primary school enrolment - 77 %
Infant mortality rates per 1000 – 71
Child malnutrition - 45 %
Source:Planning Commission GOI Dec 2002
…8
…22
…99

8. # 1.4 Example
Opportunity based on demographic
profile
– human resources in India – elsewhere
BCG Report
Remote services and Tourism
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Remote services and Tourism
– Marketing India
– Connecting India IT,Telecom ,Airports etc
– Educating the Indian work force … Theme

9. Example contd
Theme… Educating the Indian work
force
Consists of ‘Missions’…
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Consists of ‘Missions’…
– Strengthening of educational curriculum
– Upgrade skills for remote servicing
– Standards and Certification
Source:Report of High level Strategic Group AIMA / BCG /CII

10. Opportunity - Themes -
Missions
Remote Services
and
Tourism
Educating
Strengthening
of
educational curriculum
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Educating
the
Indian Workforce
Upgrade skills
for remote servicing
Standards
and Certification

11. #2.0 Strategic Intent … Projects
Strategic Intent Objectives Mission
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Portfolio Programs Projects

12. #2.1 Vision and Objectives
Vision to subvision
Subvision to objectives
Hierarchy of objectives
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Hierarchy of objectives
…. Actionable objectives at project
level

13. #2.2 Sub Vision
Vision 2020
Govt Initiatives
Sub - Vision
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Industrial and Business groups
Govt Initiatives
NGOsStates

14. #2.3 Hierarchy of Objectives
Policy
StrategicHow ? Why ?
Increase employment and
income
Remote services and tourism
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Strategic
Program
Why - How Or Means –End framework
Remote services and tourism
Educating and Training the
Indian workforce
Source:Robert Youker

15. #2.4 Objectives …Strategy to
Projects
Level Output KPI
Policy
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Strategic
Program

16. #2.5Vision to Programs
2010 2015 2020
Strengthening
of educational
curriculum
Upgrade skills
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Upgrade skills
for remote
servicing
Standards and
certification

17. # 2.6 Strengthening of
educational curriculum
E1 Practical knowledge
Mission
E1 E2 E3 E4
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E1 Practical knowledge
E2 Know-how and understanding of
other countries’ cultures
E3 Foreign language skills
E4 Compulsory English language skills
Programs
Projects

18. #3.0 Program Initiative
Idea
Mission
Program Definition
Charter
Environment
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Stakeholders
Funding
Program Director
Preliminary Program Plan

19. #3.1 Fuzzy Front End
Strategic Intent Objectives Mission
Fuzzy Front
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Portfolio Programs Projects
Fuzzy Front
End
Fuzzy Front
End

20. #3.2 Beyond the triple constraint
Triple constraint
– STC .. Q…Performance
Linking
Success criteria
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Success criteria
– e.g STC , appreciation by customer , users , project
personnel etc
Critical Success factors
– Organizational factors , leadership ,strategy and policy ,
project management , resource utilization , etc

21. # 3.3 Contingency Approach
Depends on type of project ,
program or a mission
Variation in Fuzziness
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Variation in Fuzziness
Easier for a single project
For a ‘mission’
– Additional processes , steps required

22. # 3.4 Mission and Program
Governance
Initiative
Project
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Implementation
Maintenance
Program

23. # 3.5 Competency and Skills –
Program Initiative
Passion about the Mission / program -
energetic and enthusiastic
Team player – coordination with
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Team player – coordination with
agencies .
Negotiating skills – Lobbying with
various interest groups

24. Competency and Skills –
Program Initiative contd
Acceptability in Government,
business ,industry ,academic and
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social institutions
Strong analytical skills

25. # 4.0 Portfolio – Vision 2020
Sub Vision 2020
Strategic Intent …Increase
employment / income …
Remote services and tourism
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Marketing India
Edu Trg
Indian Workforce
Connecting India
Sub Portfolios To be aligned

26. # 5.0 Project Strategy Mgt
Links Strategy and projects
Organizational topics beyond
project , program and portfolio mgt
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project , program and portfolio mgt
– Setting Objectives , Resource
optimization , Outsourcing , Value
creation , Organizational development etc

27. # 5.1 Missing Link
Strategy
Portfolio
Project
Strategy
Mgt
Organizational
Project
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Projects
Programs
Management

28. # 6.0 Summing Up
To achieve strategic intent of a
nation
– Use hierarchy of objectives
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– Form missions and programs
– Use Portfolio management to ensure
projects implemented are aligned with
strategic intent

29. Summing Up contd
Most crucial part of the road …
from strategic intent to projects
– Managing the Fuzzy front end
….formulation of the program initiative
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….formulation of the program initiative
Link between strategy and projects
- depends on type of project

30. Questions ?
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Thank You

31. Contact Information
Raju Rao
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