Introduction

The BoK equips readers with the necessary knowledge to address key challenges in strategy-to-delivery and integrated governance through: 

  • Management Summary, Purpose and Introduction: Provide key definitions and useful background information
  • The BIG Rationale: Explains the significance of integrated governance as a fundamental aspect of strategy implementation and delivery. It also offers a high-level rationale for BIG and provides stakeholder examples to facilitate engagement.
  • The BIG Framework: Offers Key Concepts that underpin a BIG Capability, Principles that enable organisations to understand their situation and needs, and Component definitions to guide the construction of a solution

Figure 10. BIG Framework Illustration

  • Building a BIG Capability: Emphasizes the importance of culture, outlines BIG deliverables, introduces Methods and Models, and provides an overview of the BIG Journey with a Lifecycle
  • Appendix: Includes example models, links to additional information, and a glossary

Body of Knowledge

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Contents

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Intended Audience

The intended audience for the BoK includes: 

  • Sponsors, programme managers, and stakeholders involved in initiating a BIG initiative
  • Senior executives and management teams responsible for strategies
  • Heads of strategy, overseeing the strategic process
  • Transformation directors, leading strategic transformation delivery
  • Governance, risk, and compliance teams responsible for integrated governance
  • Enterprise, business, and solution architects responsible for operating models and information / data infrastructure
  • Operations heads who are stakeholders in Business-as-Usual and product management
  • Existing support offices, such as strategy execution offices and project/program management offices, participating in the operation of integrated governance

Application

The BoK is particularly valuable for individuals seeking to understand and apply BIG, and aiming to: 

  • Develop understanding and consensus on the current strategic performance and management environment
  • Improve the strategy development and feedback processes (market, risk, performance)
  • Enhance strategy implementation and delivery
  • Establish a cascade of accountability throughout the organisation
  • Foster integrated governance connecting Business-as-Usual, Value Creation, and Change
  • Create information and data solutions for integrated governance
  • Define business support and assurance arrangements for integrated governance
  • Implement a transformation programme