{"id":2844,"date":"2021-06-04T08:48:13","date_gmt":"2021-06-04T07:48:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aspireeurope.wordpress.com\/?p=2844"},"modified":"2021-02-12T11:13:14","modified_gmt":"2021-02-12T11:13:14","slug":"programmes-without-blueprints-are-like-ships-without-keels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aspireeurope.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/04\/programmes-without-blueprints-are-like-ships-without-keels\/","title":{"rendered":"Programmes without blueprints are like ships without keels"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2904\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2904\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2904\" src=\"https:\/\/aspireeurope.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/start-race-300x178.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aspireeurope.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/start-race-300x178.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aspireeurope.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/start-race-768x455.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aspireeurope.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/start-race-1024x606.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aspireeurope.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/start-race.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2904\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clipper Around The World Race, Hawaii start, April 5th 2008<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Is your programme exhibiting any of these characteristics<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Project issues dominate the programme board<\/li>\n<li>Unidentified risks start to materialise a bit too quickly<\/li>\n<li>Benefits are rarely discussed<\/li>\n<li>The BCM lacks authority or purpose<\/li>\n<li>Many uncontrolled or unclear dependencies between projects and other initiatives start to manifest themselves<\/li>\n<li>Decision making is ad-hoc, reactionary or just slow<\/li>\n<li>Stakeholder resistance begins to increase and programme loses support<\/li>\n<li>Programmes either lack momentum or feel like a roller coaster<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>If that is the case, your programme probably does not have a blueprint, and is probably out of control.<br \/>\nIn this <a href=\"http:\/\/aspireeurope.com\/documents\/MSP%20Sound%20bites%20-%20why%20programmes%20without%20blueprints%20are%20out%20of%20control%20v2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">article<\/a>, we liken a programme a yacht and explain how it is not what you see on the surface that is providing the control, it is what happens below the waterline that is important.<br \/>\nIf your programme is exhibiting any of these characteristics then this article is for you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is your programme exhibiting any of these characteristics Project issues dominate the programme board Unidentified risks start to materialise a bit too quickly Benefits are rarely discussed The BCM lacks authority or purpose Many uncontrolled or unclear dependencies between projects and other initiatives start to manifest themselves Decision making is ad-hoc, reactionary or just slow [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2801,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,6,22],"tags":[194,246],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aspireeurope.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2844"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aspireeurope.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aspireeurope.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aspireeurope.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aspireeurope.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2844"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/aspireeurope.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2844\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4388,"href":"https:\/\/aspireeurope.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2844\/revisions\/4388"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aspireeurope.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aspireeurope.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aspireeurope.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aspireeurope.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}