Connecting Strategy to Delivery with Viva Goals and BIG

For years, people have understood the idea of Objectives & Key Results to focus on what is important for strategy delivery. However, for many, this has been a chore with little access to enabling technology. If available, technology primarily supported the boardroom & came with expensive management consultants.

Furthermore, while we had access to knowledge bases on strategy, governance, change / performance / product management there was no accessible holistic framework to enable balance of business as usual, value creation & change activity. Evidentially, strategy delivery was difficult.

Recently, information & data has become more accessible. The challenges of strategy delivery are now more understood.

But "magic" does not happen by itself.

Hence, we offer Viva Goals & Business Integrated Governance (BIG) to help organisations connect their strategy to delivery.

In summary:

- The challenges of strategy delivery: 3. key themes faced in aligning strategy to delivery: enablement, control, & integration. These challenges result in a lack of focus, alignment, engagement, visibility, accountability, agility, coherence, consistency, & collaboration.

- The benefits of Viva Goals: Viva Goals is a cloud-based platform that enables organisations to define, align, & track their strategic objectives and priorities, & to empower their people to achieve them.

- The benefits of BIG: Offering BIG is a comprehensive approach to defining & operating governance throughout the organisation, & integrating governance principles, practices, & structures throughout business operations & decision-making processes.

- Viva Goals & BIG work together: Viva Goals & BIG can create a comprehensive and holistic approach to strategy delivery, by leveraging the strengths of both technology & governance.

Conclusion: Strategy delivery is complex & challenging, but critical for achievement of purpose. OKRs are a vital enabling component. But capability is needed to set this up & operate it. By using Viva Goals & BIG, organisations can improve their strategy delivery capability, & achieve greater outcomes / value.

We shall also be sharing a recorded discussion between:

• David Dunning - Deepteam Director, CPS Chairman and Founder of the BIG CIC
• Lester Lovelock - Head of Practice - Modern Work Management, CPS

... to explain HOW. (See here to keep informed about Viva Goals and BIG)

Please note this is part of the Big PMO Adoption series of blogs and recordings leading up to the APM PMO Conference - "The Big PMO Adoption"

If your curiosity is tweaked, please contact us for a conversation about connecting strategy to delivery.