Guidance and Resources

Accelerate documents

• Accelerate quick start guide

• Accelerate audios

• Accelerate framework

• Accelerate glossary

Tools and templates

• Accelerate tools - all phases

• Prepare templates

• Discover templates

• Alpha templates

• Beta templates

• Live templates

• Grow (no templates)

Accelerate documents

Accelerate quick start guide

This guide is designed to get project managers and sponsors (senior responsible officers) up and running as quickly as possible, and describes one possible path through the Prepare phase.

• Accelerate quick start guide (Word) 390KB
• Accelerate quick start guide (PDF) 590KB

Accelerate audios (System support)

• Watch and listen to the Accelerate training modules (These have been developed as high-level guidance for project managers and sponsors)

Accelerate framework

• Accelerate framework - overview and phases (Word) 1.7MB
• Accelerate framework- overview and phases (PDF) 1.5MB

Accelerate glossary

• Glossary (Word) 64KB
• Glossary (PDF) 298KB

Tools and templates

Accelerate tools - all phases

• Accelerate tools (Word) 6MB
• Accelerate tools (PDF) 4MB

Prepare templates

The  templates used during Prepare, listed under the stages they apply to.

Unpack the problem

• Concept brief (Word) 123KB
• Problem trajectory diagram (Visio) 75KB
• Talking to customer and staff (PDF) 87KB

Align with strategic priorities

• Strategic alignment map (Visio) 70KB

Determine the benefits

• Benefits map (Visio) 110KB
• Benefits profile (Word) 94KB
• Benefits realisation plan (Word) 179KB
• Benefits realisation worksheet (Excel) 38KB
• Problem trajectory diagram (Visio) 75KB

Identify who is responsible

• Stakeholder management plan (Word) 127KB

Outline the strategic response

• Options analysis table (Word) 62KB
• Conceptual solution architecture (Word) 40KB

Present the case

• Investment checklist (Prepare) (Word) 69KB
• Options analysis table (Word) 62KB
• Problem trajectory diagram (Visio) 75KB
• Concept brief (Word) 123KB
• Business case A3 summary (Prepare) (Word) 102KB

Preparing for Discover

• Project impact assessment checklist (Word) 80KB

Discover templates

The templates used during Discover, listed under the stages they apply to.

Explore the business ecosystem

• Information discovery map (Visio) 47KB

Elaborate the customer view

No templates

Elaborate the product

• Product roadmap and architecture runway example (PDF) 374KB

Engage the coalition of the willing

• Stakeholder management plan (Word) 127KB
• Organisation impact assessment questionnaire (Word) 67KB
• Communications plan (Word) 54KB

Elaborate the solution architecture

• Conceptual solution architecture (Word) 40KB

Elaborate the business case

• Business case A3 summary (Word) 177KB
• Concept brief (Word) 123KB
• Benefits map (Visio) 110KB
• Benefits profile (Word) 94KB
• Benefits realisation plan (Word) 179KB
• Benefits realisation worksheet (Excel) 38KB

Gain project approval

• Assurance plan template (www.ict.govt.nz)
• Privacy impact assessment (Privacy Commission website)

Prepare for Alpha

No templates

Alpha templates

The  templates used during Alpha, listed under the stages they apply to.

Preparing to sprint (sprint zero)

No templates

Product grooming

No templates

Sprint

No templates

Business change management

• Benefits map (Visio) 110KB
• Benefits profile (Word) 94KB
• Benefits realisation plan (Word) 179KB
• Benefits realisation worksheet (Excel) 38KB

Beta templates

The  templates used during Beta, listed under the stages they apply to.

Release planning

No templates

Releasing the product

No templates

Tracking release progress

No templates

Live templates

Customer acquisition

No templates

Benefits realisation

• Benefits map (Visio) 110KB
• Benefits profile (Word) 94KB
• Benefits realisation plan (Word) 179KB
• Benefits realisation worksheet (Excel) 38KB

Enhancing the product platform

No templates

Grow

No templates