This document outlines the management framework for a project, detailing its purpose, vision, strategic positioning, and quality assurance measures. It includes sections on balanced scorecards, objectives, deliverables, financial projections, and risk management protocols. The document serves as a comprehensive guide to ensure the project's success through systematic planning and evaluation.

1. Programme Start up
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2. 1.0 Purpose
This document defines the project, sets out how the project is to be managed and
provides the baseline against which the project is continually assessed. It is an
overarching collection of documents brought together to form the basis for
management approach and analysis of overall success.
2.0 Vision and Mission Statement
3.0 Strategic positioning
4.0 Business Process (SIPOC)
SUPPLIER INPUTS PROCESS OUTPUTS CUSTOMER
5.0 Balanced scorecard / KPI’s - current “as is”
Must cover time, cost, quality
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3. 6.0 Balanced scorecard / KPI’s - future “to be”
Expected benefits
7.0 Weighted Objectives
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4. Weighting Objectives - which objectives overrides the others
[Objective 1]
[Objective 3]
[Objective 5]
[Objective 6]
[Objective 7]
[Objective 8]
[Objective 9]
[Objective 2]
[Objective 4]
Scores
Rank
[Objective 1] 0 1
[Objective 2] 0 1
[Objective 3] 0 1
[Objective 4] 0 1
[Objective 5] 0 1
[Objective 6] 0 1
[Objective 7] 0 1
[Objective 8] 0 1
[Objective 9] 0 1
8.0 Quality / Critical to success
8.1 Critical to Quality
8.2 Quality assurance
8.3 Responsibilities to ensure quality
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5. 8.4 Reporting on quality performance issues
9.0 In scope (Deliverables)
10.0 Out of scope
11.0 Business Case
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6. Year 0 Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Yea
Initial Investment
- Capital equipment costs £0
- 3rd Party costs £0
- Internal costs £0
Total costs £0
Benefits
- Headcount savings £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
- Efficiency savings £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
- Additional Revenue £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Total Benefits £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Ongoing costs
- Capital equipment costs £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
- 3rd Party costs £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
- Internal costs £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Total costs £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Benefit / (Loss) £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Payback
NPV 5% £0
Cumulative Benefits £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Cumulative costs £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Cumulative Benefits / (Loss) £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
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Cumulative Benefits Cumulative costs
12.0 Approach - Framework
12.1 Programme Management
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7. The programme framework will be initiated with the “Programme start up” document.
Once the objectives have been identified and ratified, then a “Programme improvement
document” will be written and a project portfolio (listing all projects in the programme)
will be managed.
The programme process will utilise the following tools:
- Business Risk log
- Issues log
- Lessons learned log
- Change request logs
- Stakeholder maps
12.2 Project Management
Every project in the portfolio will be imitated with a “project start up document” and
reviewed periodically through the “project delivery report” and then reviewed and
handed back to the business through the “project closure report”
Each project will utilise the following tools:
- Business Risk log
- Issues log
- Lessons learned log
- Change request logs
- Stakeholder maps
13.0 Project portfolio management
14.0 Programme Team
14.1 Programme team
14.2 Roles & responsibilities
15.0 Stakeholders, Communication & reporting
The progress for the project will be communicated via the “programme delivery report”
that will measure the objectives in regards to the time, cost and quality targets
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8. 16.0 Issues and risk management
The programme and business issues / risks will be listed in the “programme issues log”
and “programme risk log”. All mitigating actions will be identified and agreed. Each
mitigating factor will be incorporated into the project portfolio.
17.0 Tolerance levels
Tolerance levels % Description of tolerance levels
Cost
Quality
Time
18.0 Change control management
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