Manage Your Project Portfolio, 2nd Edition

Test Your Mission

When you’ve written your mission, test it. Or, if you prefer a test-driven approach, use these questions to drive your mission development:

• Is this mission something the people in this group can do?

• Is this mission something the people in this group have the interest, capabilities, and talent to do?

• Does this mission create opportunities for the group and the organization as a whole?

• Is this mission unique, or does it describe some unique value?

• Is it clear what is inside the scope of this mission, and what is outside the scope?

• Does the mission drive action?

Make sure your mission has an action verb. Make sure it draws boundaries around the work so you can see what work you should be doing and see the work you should not ...