{"id":1557,"date":"2024-12-02T11:22:46","date_gmt":"2024-12-02T11:22:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/big-cic.org.uk\/blog\/?p=1557"},"modified":"2025-11-28T11:36:20","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T11:36:20","slug":"connecting-project-and-strategy-management-through-integrated-governance-ability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/big-cic.org.uk\/blog\/connecting-project-and-strategy-management-through-integrated-governance-ability\/","title":{"rendered":"Connecting Project and Strategy Management through Integrated Governance \u2013\u00a0Ability"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2>Connecting Project and Strategy Management through Integrated Governance \u2013\u00a0Ability<\/h2>\n<p>At many previous workshops, we have established that strategy delivery:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>is notoriously difficult to do well<\/li>\n<li>is not being done well by many organisations &#8211; \u00a0In many organisations:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>1. the path from purpose to vision to strategy is not clear or communicated<br \/>\n2. objectives are not well defined, cascaded or established with accountable people<br \/>\n3. Priorities are not well defined or implemented to empower responsible people with funds and resources<br \/>\n4. Objectives are not built on measures which track accomplishment<br \/>\n5. Information infrastructure \/ capability is not harnessed to enable strategy management<br \/>\n6. There is no support body that operates strategy delivery governance<\/p>\n<p><strong>WHY do so many of us seem to have our heads in the sand on this?<\/strong> We chug along, tolerating poor strategic outcomes, donning the Superman capes to try to keep the wheels on the bus, pretending it&#8217;s all great.<\/p>\n<p>From whichever perspective you take a view &#8211; executive leadership, corporate governance function, operations management, product management, finance, or transformation leadership &#8211; SOMEONE needs to stick their head above the parapet &#8211; surely?<\/p>\n<p>Arm yourself with some <a href=\"https:\/\/big-cic.org.uk\/blog\/connecting-project-strategy-management-through-integrated-governance-awareness\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>background on these issues<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nLearn about a framework you <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/big-cic.org.uk\/blog\/connecting-project-strategy-management-through-integrated-governance-knowledge\/\">can address them with<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;.then join our event where we do our very best to empower attendees to engage their stakeholders to do ..SOMETHING!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To support the <strong>APM Governance Interest Network<\/strong> &#8211; we talked a group of webinar attendees\u00a0 through the process of making them into &#8216;BIG Enablers&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>For more about the session you can read the public <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/big-cic.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/BIG-First-Steps-Meeting-Public-Briefing.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BIG First Steps Meeting &#8211; Public Briefing<\/a><\/strong><\/span> about the Workshop or watch the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/8OSPi3-E5QY?si=U_c6F3XVeJWzoJ6l\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube recording<\/a><\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Materials we used in the session (Readiness model \/ pains canvass) <a href=\"https:\/\/big-cic.org.uk\/beyond-appendix\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>are available here<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Recent quotes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;I found today&#8217;s webinar excellent. It would be very useful to talk with you about my situation&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;I am meeting the COO tomorrow and want to schedule a half-day workshop with him early in the new year to go the first steps.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;I thought the template was really useful for this and will be utilising it in future.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;The APM Webinars held by you was insightful. Sharing of experience and thoughts of you all really helped me in my career development.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;thanks to BIG and to your kind offer about becoming an Associate, I see that it could be a new vector of my career &#8211; becoming Strategy delivery director! Thank you for this insight.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/big-cic.org.uk\/sponsors\/sponsors-list\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Contact a\u00a0 BIG CIC Sponsor<\/a><\/strong><\/span> for help running private sessions (the BIG CIC does not provide training, consulting or technology solutions).<\/p>\n<p>Best foot forwards? 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