Chapter 11. Speculate: Postplanning Work
Don't just act. Stand there.
Elia Kazan
The planning meeting will have produced most of the answers to Business Question 2: What will it take to do it? The next step is to segue into the Innovate cycle, assuming the sponsor gives the go-ahead. That's where the postplanning activities come into play. They bridge the gap between the planning meeting and the Innovate cycle. Effectively, the postplanning work wraps up the Speculate Cycle, Critical Success Factor 3, of the Flexible Project Model.
Business Questions 3 and 4 now come to the forefront: Can we get what it takes? Is it worth it? Here, the work of the eXtreme project manager is to prepare information that the sponsor and other crucial stakeholders will ...
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