eXtreme Project Management: Using Leadership, Principles, and Tools to Deliver Value in the Face of Volatility

Chapter 9. Visionate: Establishing the Collective Vision

Let your plan be for the best for all involved as well.

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The Visionate cycle consists of two interacting components: (1) the sponsor's vision of the project and (2) the collective vision of the project. Once you have established a good understanding of the sponsor's vision, which should be the result of the second sponsor meeting, you need to begin laying the groundwork for translating it into a collective vision. The focus here is still on Business Question 1: Who needs what and why? Once the answer is expressed in the form of the collective vision, you can then move to the Speculate cycle where implementation planning takes place.

Creating the collective vision of the project is critical ...