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The document outlines eight key steps for defining a tech project vision, emphasizing the importance of a shared understanding among stakeholders to ensure successful project alignment. It covers identifying stakeholders, forming a working group, establishing goals and audiences, considering constraints, and securing buy-in. Finally, it suggests practical next steps for moving forward with the project.
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- 1. Defining a TechProject Vision in Eight Quick Steps April 2023
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- 3. What Will We Cover? Whya Project Vision? Getting Started 1. Stakeholders 2. Working Group 3. Process Working Towards a Vision 4. Organizational Goals 5. Audiences 6. Audiences' Goals 7. Constraints 8. Get Buy-in Moving Forward
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- 5. Why a ProjectVision? A vision (also called a charter) ensures that everyone has the same understanding of the project, and what’s important. If your team is on the same page, it’s a pretty quick process. Otherwise, it’s much quicker to align up front than to repair your project down the road. Team Vision Halima Maria Leo Trevor
- 6. 1. Who AreYour Internal Stakeholders? Who will be affected by the project? ● Who can help you understand how processes are currently done? ● Who would be helpful in brainstorming? ● Who should be represented? ● Don’t forget front-end and admin staff…who are often doing hidden workarounds.
- 7. 2. Whoʼs Inthe Vision Working Group? You may not be able to practically include all stakeholders, but you should create a core committee. These people should commit to participate in all the conversations it will take to define the Vision. R A C I Responsible Accountable Consulted Informed
- 8. 3. What isYour Working Process? You’ll need to decide on goals, audiences, and constraints for your project. How will you get there? ● Starting document, hour long meeting, and be done? ● Workshop for each item on the list? ● Something in between? Ensure your committee agrees on how they will work. Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri Meeting Org Goals Meeting Audiences Meeting Audience Goals Meeting Finalize Get comments; finalize Prep Prep Prep Prep Get comments; finalize Get comments; finalize Get comments; finalize
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- 10. 4. What areYour Goals? What does your organization hope to increase or decrease by doing this project? ● Ensure they are strategic goals (the end result) rather than tactics (the features) ● Try to approximately rank order them ● Choose 1-3 to be your “North Goals”-- the things that would be the difference between success and failure. Responsible Accountable Consulted Informed
- 11. 5. Who areYour Audiences? What people will be impacted by the project? This is anyone who you’re trying to address with a goal, whether internal or external. ● Be specific. The general public or staff are not useful audiences. ● Ensure they are people. Not: Local businesses or policy makers. ● Divide out your primary audiences.
- 12. 6. What areYour Audiencesʼ Goals? For your top several audiences, what do you imagine they would most like to see from your project? ● This is a very useful question to brainstorm with your working group. ● Be realistic. Most audiences want free things, basic information, and to make their lives easier, for starters. ● If you have research, or have the time/ budget to do it, this is a great time to use it.
- 13. 7. What areYour Constraints? What are the limitations that you’ll need to design around? ● Budget and timeframe ● Personnel: do you need to be able to support the new project with certain people? In a certainly amount of staff hours? ● Technology: is it impractical to change an underlying system, like a content management or constituent management system? Quality Time Scope $$$
- 14. 8. Get Buy-in Doyou have buy-in on all of that? Terrific! Make sure you document it in case there’s questions down the road. Responsible Accountable Consulted Informed
- 15. 8. Move Forward! Whatare your potential next steps? ● For a basic project, just define a schedule and budget and start ● Or define a tactical definition of what will be done (research, strategy, a sitemap, diagram, etc) ● Or put out a Request for Information to hire someone to do the project
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