Delivery templates

The artefacts we actually use to run change — waterfall, agile, programme and portfolio. Each one is a working file, not an example: the formulas calculate, the checks fire, and every one tells you what feeds it and what it feeds.

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Choosing an approach 5

Which method fits, and why

  • Choosing Your Delivery Approach DOCX Free — no details needed

    The Waterfall Delivery Guide, the Agile Delivery Guide or the Hybrid Delivery Guide. Then the Initiation Request.

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  • Waterfall Delivery Guide DOCX

    The Project Charter, Requirements Specification and Stage Gates.

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  • Agile Delivery Guide DOCX

    The Product Vision and Roadmap, Product Backlog and Ceremony Pack.

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  • Hybrid Delivery Guide DOCX

    Stage Gates for the governance layer and the Product Backlog for delivery.

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  • Project Programme Portfolio DOCX

    The Project Charter, Programme Brief or Portfolio Prioritisation.

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Waterfall delivery 17

Initiation through to closure

  • Initiation Request DOCX

    The Business Case, and the Project Charter or Programme Brief.

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  • Project Charter DOCX

    The Programme Plan or Sprint Plan, the RAID Log and the One Team Charter.

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  • Business Case DOCX

    The stage gate that authorises spend, and the Benefits Map.

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  • Business Case Financial Model XLSX

    The Business Case itself, and later the Benefits Tracker's baselines.

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  • Requirements Specification DOCX

    MoSCoW Prioritisation, the Solution Design and the Requirements Traceability Matrix.

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  • Non Functional Requirements DOCX

    The Solution Design and the Test Strategy.

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  • MoSCoW Prioritisation XLSX

    The Release Plan and the Requirements Traceability Matrix.

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  • Requirements Traceability Matrix XLSX

    UAT Acceptance — it is what proves nothing was quietly dropped.

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  • Solution Design DOCX

    Design Decision Records, the Test Strategy and the Deployment Runbook.

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  • Design Decision Record DOCX

    The Solution Design it justifies, and the Decision Log.

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  • Test Strategy DOCX

    The Test Plan and the Defect Log.

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  • Test Plan XLSX

    The Defect Log and UAT Acceptance.

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  • Defect Log XLSX

    The Go-Live Readiness Assessment — open defects are a readiness question.

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  • UAT Acceptance DOCX

    The Go-Live Readiness Assessment.

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  • Deployment Runbook DOCX

    The Post-Implementation Review, and Adoption Measurement.

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  • Go Live Readiness Assessment XLSX

    The go/no-go decision in the Decision Log, and the Deployment Runbook.

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  • Post Implementation Review DOCX

    The Lessons Learned Log, and whoever owns the benefits from here.

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Agile delivery 9

Vision, backlog, sprints and release

  • Product Vision Roadmap DOCX

    The Product Backlog and the Release Plan.

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  • Product Backlog XLSX

    Sprint Plans, the Release Plan and Estimation & Velocity.

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  • User Story DOCX

    The Product Backlog.

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  • Sprint Plan XLSX

    The Retrospective Log and the next Sprint Plan.

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  • Estimation Velocity XLSX

    The next Sprint Plan, and realistic dates in the Release Plan.

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  • Ceremony Pack DOCX

    Sprint Plans, the Retrospective Log and the Team Health Check.

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  • Retrospective Log XLSX

    The next Sprint Plan, and the Lessons Learned Log.

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  • Release Plan XLSX

    The Go-Live Readiness Assessment and the Deployment Runbook.

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  • Team Health Check XLSX

    The Retrospective Log and the One Team Charter.

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Programme and portfolio 9

Above the single project

  • Programme Mandate DOCX

    The Programme Brief.

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  • Programme Brief DOCX

    The Programme Plan, the Board Terms of Reference and the Benefits Map.

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  • Programme Plan XLSX

    The Project Status Report, the Dependency Map and Stage Gates.

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  • Dependency Map XLSX

    The RAID Log — an unmanaged dependency becomes a risk.

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  • Benefits Map DOCX

    The Benefits Realisation Plan and the Benefits Tracker.

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  • Benefits Realisation Plan DOCX

    The Benefits Tracker, and the owners who have to deliver each benefit.

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  • Benefits Tracker XLSX

    The Project Status Report and the Post-Implementation Review.

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  • Portfolio Prioritisation XLSX

    Programme Mandates for what proceeds, and the Portfolio Report Pack.

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  • Portfolio Capacity Plan XLSX

    Portfolio Prioritisation — capacity is what makes prioritisation real.

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Governance and assurance 14

Boards, gates, risk and reporting

  • Board Terms of Reference DOCX

    The Decision Log, Stage Gates and the Programme Status Report.

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  • Stage Gates DOCX

    The Assurance Review at each gate, and the Decision Log.

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  • Decision Log XLSX

    The Lessons Learned Log, and the audit trail behind every other artefact.

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  • RAID Log XLSX Free — no details needed

    The Project Status Report, the Risk Register for anything scored high, and the Decision Log.

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  • Risk Register XLSX

    The Programme Status Report and the Assurance Review.

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  • Change Request Form DOCX

    The Change Control Log.

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  • Change Control Log XLSX

    The Programme Plan and Business Case, both of which may need re-baselining.

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  • Status Report Project DOCX

    The Programme Status Report, and the board's Decision Log.

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  • Status Report Programme DOCX

    The Portfolio Report Pack and the board's Decision Log.

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  • Portfolio Report Pack PPTX

    The portfolio board's Decision Log.

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  • Programme Health Check XLSX Free — no details needed

    The Assurance Review, the RAID Log and a recovery plan.

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  • Assurance Review DOCX

    The Decision Log, the RAID Log and the recovery actions in the Programme Plan.

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  • Lessons Learned Log XLSX

    The next Initiation Request — a lesson nobody applies is a note.

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  • Taking Over A Programme DOCX

    A Programme Health Check, then a RAID Log and Stakeholder Map.

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Change and adoption 8

The half of delivery that is people

  • One Team Charter DOCX

    The One Team RACI and the Team Health Check.

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  • One Team RACI XLSX

    The Programme Plan, and every artefact that needs a named owner.

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  • Stakeholder Map XLSX

    The Engagement Plan, the Change Impact Assessment and the One Team RACI.

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  • Engagement Plan XLSX

    The Business Adoption Plan, and the Business Readiness Assessment.

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  • Business Adoption Plan DOCX

    The Business Readiness Assessment and Adoption Measurement.

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  • Change Impact Assessment XLSX

    The Business Adoption Plan and the Business Readiness Assessment.

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  • Business Readiness Assessment XLSX Free — no details needed

    The Go-Live Readiness Assessment — delivery readiness is only half of it.

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  • Adoption Measurement XLSX

    The Benefits Tracker and the Post-Implementation Review.

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