1.1 : Conduct a Business Readiness Assessment
Objective
Conduct a Business Readiness Assessment to identify gaps between the agency’s existing solution and target end state and manage stakeholders in the process.
View Lessons LearnedRecommended Best Practices
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Review shared Vision Statement and Objectives of modernization or migration effort from Phase 0
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Assess the agency's existing solution by documenting its high-level capabilities, offerings, challenges, and limitations
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Define the target operational end state and draft desired high-level business requirements
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Identify gaps in business needs between the existing solution and target end state
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Brainstorm methods to close identified business need gaps
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Update Business Readiness Assessment template
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Update the Project Business Case with Business Readiness Assessment results
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Populate the Investment Readiness Checklist
1.1 Lessons Learned
- Reference past Annual Readiness Assessment Reports, available on the Data to Decisions (D2D) website, to help perform the gap analyses
- Clearly articulate the Vision, Objectives, and strategic intent of modernization or migration effort
- Host a working session to ensure all major stakeholders understand the identified gaps in business needs
- Establish how this effort aligns to current initiatives that are underway
- Establish a shared vision with a sense of urgency based on data
Stakeholders
Recommended stakeholders, inputs, & outputs may vary by implementation; however, agencies that contributed to this Playbook reported these factors as increasing the likelihood of success.Customer
- Executive Sponsor
- Program Manager
- PMO Lead
- PMO Team, if on boarded
Inputs
- Project Business Case
- Vision Statement
