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ОглавлениеCRITERION #2: DEFINE:
INTENT: Formulate the stakeholder problem. Define the problem, needs and objectives.
In my belief, the answer to this question is clearly defined:
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1. Are there any constraints known that bear on the ability to perform Cash flow projection work? How is the team addressing them?
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2. Is there a clear Cash flow projection case definition?
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3. What are the Cash flow projection tasks and definitions?
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4. Is special Cash flow projection user knowledge required?
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5. What is in scope?
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6. What key stakeholder process output measure(s) does Cash flow projection leverage and how?
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7. What knowledge or experience is required?
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8. What is the definition of Cash flow projection excellence?
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9. How do you gather the stories?
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10. Has a project plan, Gantt chart, or similar been developed/completed?
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11. What is out of scope?
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12. How are consistent Cash flow projection definitions important?
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13. Is there a completed, verified, and validated high-level ‘as is’ (not ‘should be’ or ‘could be’) stakeholder process map?
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14. Is the Cash flow projection scope complete and appropriately sized?
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15. Who defines (or who defined) the rules and roles?
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16. What was the context?
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17. Did you include the working capital requirements in the cash flow projections?
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18. How do you build the right business case?
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19. Is the team equipped with available and reliable resources?
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20. What are the core elements of the Cash flow projection business case?
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21. Are approval levels defined for contracts and supplements to contracts?
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22. Has a team charter been developed and communicated?
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23. What is the scope of the Cash flow projection effort?
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24. Is the improvement team aware of the different versions of a process: what they think it is vs. what it actually is vs. what it should be vs. what it could be?
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25. How often are the team meetings?
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26. What gets examined?
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27. Will a Cash flow projection production readiness review be required?
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28. How and when will the baselines be defined?
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29. How do you gather requirements?
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30. Is scope creep really all bad news?
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31. What constraints exist that might impact the team?
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32. Do you have a Cash flow projection success story or case study ready to tell and share?
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33. Is the work to date meeting requirements?
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34. In what way can you redefine the criteria of choice clients have in your category in your favor?
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35. What intelligence can you gather?
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36. What Cash flow projection services do you require?
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37. Is the Cash flow projection scope manageable?
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38. What is the scope?
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39. Are the Cash flow projection requirements complete?
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40. Has everyone on the team, including the team leaders, been properly trained?
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41. Is the team adequately staffed with the desired cross-functionality? If not, what additional resources are available to the team?
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42. Has a Cash flow projection requirement not been met?
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43. What customer feedback methods were used to solicit their input?
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44. What sources do you use to gather information for a Cash flow projection study?
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45. What system do you use for gathering Cash flow projection information?
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46. How do you manage scope?
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47. Does the team have regular meetings?
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48. When is/was the Cash flow projection start date?
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49. Is Cash flow projection currently on schedule according to the plan?
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50. Is the current ‘as is’ process being followed? If not, what are the discrepancies?
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51. Where can you gather more information?
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52. Are all requirements met?
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53. Has the improvement team collected the ‘voice of the customer’ (obtained feedback – qualitative and quantitative)?
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54. Will team members regularly document their Cash flow projection work?
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55. How will the Cash flow projection team and the group measure complete success of Cash flow projection?
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56. What Cash flow projection requirements should be gathered?
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57. How does the Cash flow projection manager ensure against scope creep?
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58. Why are you doing Cash flow projection and what is the scope?
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59. How would you define the culture at your organization, how susceptible is it to Cash flow projection changes?
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60. How will variation in the actual durations of each activity be dealt with to ensure that the expected Cash flow projection results are met?
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61. What scope to assess?
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62. How is the team tracking and documenting its work?
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63. What is the context?
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64. Is it clearly defined in and to your organization what you do?
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65. Is there a Cash flow projection management charter, including stakeholder case, problem and goal statements, scope, milestones, roles and responsibilities, communication plan?
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66. Are audit criteria, scope, frequency and methods defined?
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67. How would you define Cash flow projection leadership?
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68. What is the definition of success?
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69. Is there a completed SIPOC representation, describing the Suppliers, Inputs, Process, Outputs, and Customers?
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70. What is in the scope and what is not in scope?
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71. How do you catch Cash flow projection definition inconsistencies?
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72. How do you keep key subject matter experts in the loop?
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73. What information should you gather?
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74. Scope of sensitive information?
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75. When is the estimated completion date?
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76. If substitutes have been appointed, have they been briefed on the Cash flow projection goals and received regular communications as to the progress to date?
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77. What is the scope of the Cash flow projection work?
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78. What specifically is the problem? Where does it occur? When does it occur? What is its extent?
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79. Are roles and responsibilities formally defined?
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80. What are the boundaries of the scope? What is in bounds and what is not? What is the start point? What is the stop point?
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81. Do the problem and goal statements meet the SMART criteria (specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and time-bound)?
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82. What would be the goal or target for a Cash flow projection’s improvement team?
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83. Have specific policy objectives been defined?
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84. Have the customer needs been translated into specific, measurable requirements? How?
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85. Will team members perform Cash flow projection work when assigned and in a timely fashion?
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86. What are the Cash flow projection use cases?
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87. What is out-of-scope initially?
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88. Are accountability and ownership for Cash flow projection clearly defined?
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89. How was the ‘as is’ process map developed, reviewed, verified and validated?
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90. What are the rough order estimates on cost savings/opportunities that Cash flow projection brings?
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91. What is the scope of Cash flow projection?
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92. What are the Roles and Responsibilities for each team member and its leadership? Where is this documented?
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93. Are resources adequate for the scope?
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94. Are there different segments of customers?
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95. Does the scope remain the same?
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96. What baselines are required to be defined and managed?
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97. Is Cash flow projection linked to key stakeholder goals and objectives?
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98. How did the Cash flow projection manager receive input to the development of a Cash flow projection improvement plan and the estimated completion dates/times of each activity?
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99. What sort of initial information to gather?
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100. How do you think the partners involved in Cash flow projection would have defined success?
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101. What happens if Cash flow projection’s scope changes?
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102. Is Cash flow projection required?
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103. How can the value of Cash flow projection be defined?
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104. What is a worst-case scenario for losses?
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105. What scope do you want your strategy to cover?
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106. Has the Cash flow projection work been fairly and/or equitably divided and delegated among team members who are qualified and capable to perform the work? Has everyone contributed?
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107. How do you gather Cash flow projection requirements?
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108. What are the tasks and definitions?
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109. How do you hand over Cash flow projection context?
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110. What are the requirements for audit information?
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111. What are the record-keeping requirements of Cash flow projection activities?
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112. Has the direction changed at all during the course of Cash flow projection? If so, when did it change and why?
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113. Has anyone else (internal or external to the group) attempted to solve this problem or a similar one before? If so, what knowledge can be leveraged from these previous efforts?
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114. Are required metrics defined, what are they?
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115. What are the compelling stakeholder reasons for embarking on Cash flow projection?
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116. Who are the Cash flow projection improvement team members, including Management Leads and Coaches?
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117. Is there a critical path to deliver Cash flow projection results?
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118. Are different versions of process maps needed to account for the different types of inputs?
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119. What information do you gather?
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120. Have all of the relationships been defined properly?
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121. Is there any additional Cash flow projection definition of success?
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122. Is the scope of Cash flow projection defined?
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123. Is data collected and displayed to better understand customer(s) critical needs and requirements.
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124. Are task requirements clearly defined?
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125. Have all basic functions of Cash flow projection been defined?
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126. Is there regularly 100% attendance at the team meetings? If not, have appointed substitutes attended to preserve cross-functionality and full representation?
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127. Has a high-level ‘as is’ process map been completed, verified and validated?
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128. Who approved the Cash flow projection scope?
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129. Are customer(s) identified and segmented according to their different needs and requirements?
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130. How do you manage changes in Cash flow projection requirements?
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131. What critical content must be communicated – who, what, when, where, and how?
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132. When are meeting minutes sent out? Who is on the distribution list?
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133. Do you all define Cash flow projection in the same way?
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134. Has/have the customer(s) been identified?
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135. Who is gathering Cash flow projection information?
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136. How have you defined all Cash flow projection requirements first?
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137. What are the dynamics of the communication plan?
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Add up total points for this section: _____ = Total points for this section
Divided by: ______ (number of statements answered) = ______ Average score for this section
Transfer your score to the Cash flow projection Index at the beginning of the Self-Assessment.
