Assembling the Core Program Team
Learn how to assemble your core program team and classify other related stakeholders.
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Who is the core program team?
Getting the necessary stakeholders involved early on accelerates the initial velocity of your program.
Your first focus in program initiation is to assemble the 1st-degree stakeholders and the core program team. This team will own most of the engineering and product decisions.
One of the most important, straightforward things to remember: not all stakeholders are the same.
We'll explore stakeholder management in a future lesson, but during the initiation phase of a program, it is essential that you:
Partner with the executive sponsor. It may not be an actual executive, but this person takes primary accountability for the program's outcomes. This is often the person who initiated the program.
Partner with engineering leads. Early partnership with engineering is necessary. There is likely a small group of engineering teams that will be core contributors to the program. Begin building relationships with the managers ...