Origins and Purpose

The Business Integrated Governance Community Interest Company (BIG CIC) was founded on the belief that organisations of all sizes could significantly improve the way they connect strategy with execution. The founding members invested their own time and expertise to reimagine this critical relationship and to share their insights with the wider public through a social enterprise. Their work laid the foundation for a framework of Concepts, Principles, Components, and Lifecycles that would help bridge the gap between high-level strategic intent and practical delivery.

BIG began in 2018 as the Core P3M Data Club, with the specific goal of developing a shared data model for Portfolio, Programme, and Project (P3) management.

Evolution and Milestones

As the initiative grew, several insights reshaped its direction:

  • Organisational success depends on the alignment of business purpose, strategy, and delivery processes—not just P3 effectiveness.

  • Much of the information required for P3 management originates outside the P3 domain, from functions such as finance, product management, and operations.

  • Traditional structures often silo objectives, creating challenges in prioritising cross-functional goals across day-to-day operations, value creation, and change initiatives.

These realisations prompted BIG to expand its scope far beyond P3 management into areas such as strategy, governance, change management, product management, IT, and finance. The focus became integrated governance—ensuring that strategic planning flows seamlessly into execution while fostering collaboration across business functions.

Over time, the grassroots initiative matured into the BIG CIC, gathering contributions from members and partners and sharing knowledge through platforms such as its website, the Praxis Framework, YouTube, LinkedIn, presentations, and partner blogs.

However, early outputs (BIG v1) lacked the depth and refinement of materials from more established or profit-driven organisations. This recognition sparked the development of a more robust and polished BIG v2 Body of Knowledge (BoK).

Creating and maintaining the BIG v2 BoK requires sustained investment. To support this, BIG CIC made the strategic decision to move from an entirely open, semi-professional model to a polished, membership-based approach. This shift enables deeper collaboration with sponsors and donors while ensuring the CIC’s continued growth and impact.

More recently, rather than editing the BoK, content has been added via

  • Blogs
  • Active Community Portal
  • Supplementary Materials for all
  • Content for Full Members
  • Content for Partners

All of this is available on the Resources Menu.