Opportunity clearly articulated
Business Impact known
Business team identified
Key Results known
Senior Leadership alignment on the problem to be solved and decision to continue.
Agenda item in a Senior Leadership Governance meeting.
Agreement on:
Initiative should move forward or stop
Solution option
Preliminary Budget
Goal:
Options and recommendations on the best way to change the operating model to take advantage of the opportunity. Provide high-level estimates on costs and resources.
Benefits:
Common understanding on the potential solutions to be able to compare and select.
Cost estimate, resource impact understood
Stakeholder alignment on solution
Deliverables:
Solution Options including:
Technical Scope
Conceptual Architecture
Cost Estimate
Resource Estimate
Tools:
To be confirmed – depends on the artifacts of the Enterprise Architect (expectation is a Conceptual Architecture showing the options and impact on Technical Environment)
Participants:
Responsible:
Accountable:
Consulted:
Informed:
Enterprise/Solution Architect
Senior Leadership
Initiative Owner/Sponsor, Subject Matter Experts, Business Architect, Impacted Teams
PMO Factors
Scope: Business Scope finalized
Technical Scope defined
Timeline: Undefined
Resources: Teams, Technology & Processes impacted defined
Cost: Preliminary Estimate
Benefits: Metrics & Key Results current state known and future state projected
Budget: Preliminary Estimate
Change Readiness: Teams identified; Change identified