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The VPM Works Process

Planning Event Preparation​

  • Building a Business Case

A strong business case confirms strategic fit, acceptable financial return, affordability, and capability/capacity before the organization commits execution resources.

Click here to see more about building a business case: Business Case.

  • Building a Team

No project succeeds without the right team: people who know the market, people who know the technology, and people who know the organization's operational capability. Part of the planning process is picking the right team and ensuring the organization (including their supervisors) are aligned to spending the time the project needs. Get your commitments documented - you'll need that later when the "amnesia" sets in and people start plucking back resources for other initiatives.

Click here to see more about Team Structure: Choosing the Team.

  • Meeting Planning
  • Functional Planning prework

Planning Event​

The planning event is where the cross-functional team converts strategy into an executable phase plan. The team aligns functional schedules, compresses where needed to meet business objectives, isolates the next phase boundary, and defines how execution will be managed with clear ownership and cadence.

Click here to see more about the Planning Event: Project Planning Event.

Project Execution​

  • VPM Stand-up Meetings
  • Navigating project issues
  • Concluding project phase
  • Prepare for next phase or launch

Launch Preparation​

  • Final readiness checks
  • Go-live risk review and contingency planning
  • Cross-functional cutover coordination
  • Customer communication and support prep

Launch Sustainment​

  • Sustainment KPIs
  • Managing customer adoption
  • Navigating launch issues
  • Secondary launches